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Yes, there is no concrete intervention that the CCP did. Still, a supervisor broke off their contact with a promising student based on either the fear of retrib
by anfelor 5y ago
Yes, there is no concrete intervention that the CCP did. Still, a supervisor broke off their contact with a promising student based on either the fear of retribution or personal feelings of nationalism. That culture is the product of CCP censorship and many people don't want it in the western world.
- curiousgal 5y agoHonestly, if I were a professor and my PhD student was overly critical of the US online, I too would distance myself. Visa applications are hard enough as they are.
- samvega_ 5y agoNot only overly critical, the tweets had racist content and memes as well.
- jkhdigital 5y agoThe article mentions a single tweet with a comic depiction that includes possibly exaggerated Asiatic features. Whether this kind of thing qualifies as “racist”… opinions may differ, especially since the article does not provide the original image.
- dash2 5y agoIs there is any evidence that any PhD student has ever found it hard to get a US visa because of criticizing the US or US policy?
- beaunative 5y agoThere are plenty Chinese students unable to renew their visa to the US for 'national security' reasons.
- nix23 5y agoI wonder why... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_spy_cases_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_spy_cases_in_t... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_espionage_in_the_United_States#Higher_education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_espionage_in_the_Unite...
- dash2 5y agoRight, but is there is any evidence that any PhD student has ever found it hard to get a US visa because of criticizing the US or US policy?
- beaunative 5y agoBorder control / consulates check social media profiles, a policy implemented by Trump, I wonder why.
- lmz 5y agoWouldn't asking for all your social media identities as part of the visa application create somewhat of a chilling effect?
- wolverine876 5y agoThat's the idea, I would guess.
- bigbillheck 5y agoIs this close enough: https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20190830113449566 https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=201908301... ?
- imajoredinecon 5y agoHappy ending here: he was admitted to the country a week later, on his second attempt, in time to start classes. (I'm not making excuses for the---dire---state of our immigration policy as a whole. But I was happy to see that this particular case worked out in the end.)
- s1artibartfast 5y agoThere have been cases of US deportations for even having US critical posts in your feed without making them. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2019/8/27/incoming-freshman-deported/ https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2019/8/27/incoming-freshm... https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/02/denied-entry-united-states-whatsapp/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/02/denied-entry-united-states...
- BeetleB 5y agoEh - I knew Arab students who couldn't get their visa renewed for some years after Sep 11. They were involved in antiwar protests, etc. The fact that the US put many of its own anti-war activists on no-fly lists despite not having any evidence they were threats makes this pretty easy to believe.