Trump Signs Proclamation Barring Some Chinese Nationals From US, Citing IP Theft

President Donald Trump issued a proclamation Friday suspending the entry into the U.S. to study or conduct research of any Chinese national who “either receives funding from or who currently is employed by, studies at, or conducts research at or on behalf of, or has been employed by, studied at, or conducted research at or on behalf of” a Chinese entity “that implements or supports” the Chinese government's “military-civil fusion strategy.” The proclamation exempts undergraduate students. The Chinese government uses “some Chinese students, mostly post‑graduate students and post-doctorate researchers, to operate as non-traditional collectors of intellectual property,” Trump said in the proclamation. “Thus, students or researchers from the [People’s Republic of China] studying or researching beyond the undergraduate level who are or have been associated with the [People’s Liberation Army] are at high risk of being exploited or co-opted by [Chinese government] authorities and provide particular cause for concern.” China's embassy in Washington pointed us to comments from a news conference with a Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson. "For some time, the U.S. has been resorting to a series of negative and wrong words and deeds in people-to-people and cultural exchange with China," the spokesperson said. "It runs counter to the openness and freedom the U.S. claims to champion, to public opinion in the two countries, and to the trend of the times in international talent exchange."