China hits back at a US decision to revoke visas for more than a 1K Chinese students and researchers. The US said the visa holders posed a security risk or had ties to China's military, but China says prejudice was behind the visa decision.
Prejudice was behind the visa decision, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said. The move was"outright political persecution and racial discrimination, which have seriously violated the human rights of Chinese students," he told a news briefing on Thursday, according to the state-owned Global Times.
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