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Today, the U.S. is slamming the door on Chinese students.

Those affected would include students with connections to the Chinese Communist Party, or those

studying in what he called critical fields.

Is this really about national security or Trump's trade war with China?

And what does the U.S. stand to lose?

I'm Natasha Altwaro, and this is The Take.

My name is the Chouwaan, and I'm speaking to you from New York City. I just graduated from Princeton University nearby from a mid-career master's program in policy. And before coming to Princeton,

I was a think tank analyst at Beijing in a non-commental think tank. And before that, I was a journalist

for China State News Agency for 11 years. Zuchin, welcome to the take. We're absolutely thrilled

to have you. And I should say, congrats on finishing your degree. I mean,

that is definitely no small task. It's not an easy school. And so congrats to you on that.

I know that graduation is going to be happening at a really tense time for international students in the U.S.

But especially for Chinese students, what was going

through your mind when you heard that the Trump administration was going to be revoking

Chinese student visas?

Well, the State Department published a press readout, which says that they will aggressively

revoke Chinese student visas, as well as, you know,

add further scrutiny to Chinese students' visa applications. And it came as a surprise and a shock,

and it caused, you know, anxiety for me and my fellow Chinese students here in the United States.

So we have some of the chat groups where people share their concerns.

They literally don't know what to do because, you know, there came this precedent

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