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John Cornyn: “We've had as many as 300,000 Chinese students in the United…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Senate Hearing on NATO Defense, Nuclear Proliferation, and Soft Power Strategies

Published | Video Starts at 03:53

So they learned about us, they learned about our values, and they were a friend of the United States. And it seems like over the last recent years, We've had as many as 300,000 Chinese students in the United States, which is a cause for concern, particularly when they're studying things like nuclear physics. and the like. But what can we do to encourage more foreign students from key allies and developing nations to come to the United States to learn more about us and for us to learn more about them? (03:53–04:04)

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Asserts that there have been up to 300,000 Chinese students in the U.S., raising concerns about their fields of study.

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