China Calls US Plan to Revoke Student Visas ‘Discriminatory’

China blasted the Trump administration’s move to revoke the visas of Chinese students in the US, underscoring the fragility of a recent steadying of ties between the world’s largest economies.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning accused the US of taking its decision “under the pretext of ideology and national security” at a regular briefing in Beijing on Thursday, adding that it would harm people-to-people relations.