As US Increases University-Related Export Control Enforcement, Chinese Students Facing Harassment, China Says
China said the U.S. has been harassing and falsely arresting Chinese students at airports amid more U.S. export control oversight relating to university research. Nearly 300 students “experienced U.S. harassment and interrogation” from May to September, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Oct. 21. “Their cell phones, laptops and other personal belongings were arbitrarily examined and even seized,” the spokesperson said. “We lodged solemn representations with the U.S. side many times, urging it to correct mistakes and stop discriminatory behaviors against Chinese students.”
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The U.S. Justice Department did not comment. The agency has poured more resources into investigating cases of Chinese students and professors at U.S. universities who are illegally exporting sensitive technology to China, and said China is increasing these efforts (see 2008130036). The Justice Department recently arrested a Chinese researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles, after he allegedly tried to transfer sensitive U.S. software or technical data to a Chinese company on the U.S. Entity List (see 2008290001). The researcher, Guan Lei, was stopped by U.S. authorities before he could board a flight to China.