US Revokes Over 1,000 Visas of Chinese Nationals Due to Military Links

U.S. Revokes Over 1,000 Visas of Chinese Nationals Due to Military Links On Sept. 9, a State Department spokesperson said that the United States has revoked more than 1,000 visas of Chinese nationals over military links. The Department spokesperson told The Epoch Times in a statement: “We continue to welcome legitimate students and scholars from China who do not further the Chinese Communist Party’s goals of military dominance.” Starting from June 1, the State Department began implementing a proclamation issued in late May by President Donald Trump. The proclamation was to limit Beijing’s ability to leverage Chinese graduate students and researchers to steal U.S. technologies, intellectual property, and information to develop advanced military capabilities. Australian Report Discloses CCP’s Coercive Diplomacy The latest report released by Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) exposed how the CCP has used "coercive diplomacy" in the past decade to force and bully other governments or corporations to comply with it. The report called on every nation to come together to resist the CCP. However, experts believe that decoupling from the CCP is the solution to the problem. On September 1, Australian Strategic Policy Institute published a report called “The Chinese Communist Party’s Coercive Diplomacy” in which CCP’s “coercive diplomacy” used to suppress every single country in the world for the past decade is detailed. The report has been tracking the CCP’s use of coercive diplomacy from 2010 to 2019 and recorded 152 cases of coercive diplomacy, with 100 cases targeted foreign governments and 52 cases targeted at certain companies. Taiwan is also affected. The report mentioned that the CCP’s coercive tactics include economic and non-economic measures. Economic measures can take place in trade sanctions, investment restrictions, tourism bans, and popular boycotts. Non-economic measures can include arbitrary detention, restrictions on official travel, and state-issued threats. Trump: Ending Dependence on China in the Next Four Years President Trump held a rally in Winston Salem, North Carolina, on Sept. 8, stating his policy agenda for the next term, including ending dependence on China, promoting the return of enterprises, and strengthening law enforcement. He also reiterated that this election is crucial. President Trump said: “While I’m President, America will remain the No.1 producer of oil and natural gas on Earth and we will remain energy independent.” Trump also promised to end U.S. manufacturing's dependence on China. Trump also accused Biden of allowing the CCP to plunder a large number of American jobs during his 47 years in office and pointed out that if Biden is elected, the United States will face a series of disasters. Pompeo Tells Southeast Asia to Stand up to China; Shun Its Firms On September 10, the United States’ top diplomat urged Southeast Asian countries to stand up to maritime bullying by China and to reassess business deals with its state firms, adding to heated exchanges between two powers jostling for influence. Speaking remotely to foreign ministers of the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the region should be confident in the United States and know it can bank on its support. ASEAN has said it does not want to take sides amid friction over a recent spike in military activities by both powers in the South China Sea and ahead of a November election in which U.S. President Donald Trump will tout his tough stand against China.