A senior US official has sent chills down Chinese students and their families by suggesting that their studies at American universities will be restricted to the humanities by geopolitics.
Deputy secretary of state Kurt Campbell said on Monday that his country needed to recruit more international students in STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) – but not from China.
Instead, Washington is setting its sights on attracting students from India – an increasingly important US security partner – he told an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations think tank.
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He noted that US universities were already limiting Chinese students’ access to sensitive technology because…
