China Hails Progress on U.S. Student Visas While Trump Stays Silent
- White House didn’t mention Chinese students in statement
- U.S. lawmakers have said China uses students for espionage
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China said this weekend’s summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and counterpart Xi Jinping yielded progress on a highly sensitive issue for hundreds of thousands of Chinese families: The ability to send their children to study at American schools.
Chinese students have been caught in the middle this year as espionage fears have threatened to open a new front in the trade war between the two nations. China’s official Xinhua News Agency on Sunday hinted at a thaw, highlighting what it called progress toward reducing obstacles for Chinese students and saying the two countries agreed to “increase communication in education.”