Asian American students discuss experience during COVID-19 pandemic

Since the pandemic began, hate crimes against Asians in the U.S. have increased and stricter regulations have been enforced against international students, particularly those from China. Since June, over 1,000 Chinese international graduate students and researchers nationwide had their visas revoked by the U.S. government due to studentsࢀ™ alleged links to the Chinese military. The U.S. State Department cited Presidential Proclamation 10043 ࢀ" announced May 29 ࢀ" which provided conditions for restricting some Chinese students from entering the country. The proclamation claimed China was using students, mostly those past undergraduate enrollment, to collect sensitive information from the U.S. Some of…