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Re:Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence by anfelor on Saturday August 07, 2021 @03:54AM (#28096717)
Yes, there is no concrete intervention that the CCP did. Still, a supervisor broke off their contact with a promising student based on either the fear of retribution or personal feelings of nationalism. That culture is the product of CCP censorship and many people don't want it in the western world.
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Re:Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence by curiousgal on Saturday August 07, 2021 @05:02AM (#28097074)
Honestly, if I were a professor and my PhD student was overly critical of the US online, I too would distance myself. Visa applications are hard enough as they are.
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Re:Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence by dash2 on Saturday August 07, 2021 @06:05AM (#28097357)
Is there is any evidence that any PhD student has ever found it hard to get a US visa because of criticizing the US or US policy?
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Re:Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence by s1artibartfast on Saturday August 07, 2021 @11:06AM (#28099090)
There have been cases of US deportations for even having US critical posts in your feed without making them.

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2019/8/27/incoming-freshm...

https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/02/denied-entry-united-states...

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Re:Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence by BeetleB on Saturday August 07, 2021 @01:11PM (#28100150)
Eh - I knew Arab students who couldn't get their visa renewed for some years after Sep 11. They were involved in antiwar protests, etc. The fact that the US put many of its own anti-war activists on no-fly lists despite not having any evidence they were threats makes this pretty easy to believe.
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Re:Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence by beaunative on Saturday August 07, 2021 @07:43AM (#28097818)
There are plenty Chinese students unable to renew their visa to the US for 'national security' reasons.
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Re:Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence by dash2 on Saturday August 07, 2021 @09:23AM (#28098407)
Right, but is there is any evidence that any PhD student has ever found it hard to get a US visa because of criticizing the US or US policy?
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Re:Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence by beaunative on Saturday August 07, 2021 @09:55AM (#28098604)
Border control / consulates check social media profiles, a policy implemented by Trump, I wonder why.
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Re:Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence by nix23 on Saturday August 07, 2021 @08:53AM (#28098235)
I wonder why...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_spy_cases_in_t...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_espionage_in_the_Unite...

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Re:Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence by bigbillheck on Saturday August 07, 2021 @09:41AM (#28098515)
Is this close enough: https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=201908301... ?
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Re:Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence by imajoredinecon on Saturday August 07, 2021 @10:23AM (#28098787)
Happy ending here: he was admitted to the country a week later, on his second attempt, in time to start classes.

(I'm not making excuses for the---dire---state of our immigration policy as a whole. But I was happy to see that this particular case worked out in the end.)

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Re:Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence by lmz on Saturday August 07, 2021 @09:23AM (#28098408)
Wouldn't asking for all your social media identities as part of the visa application create somewhat of a chilling effect?
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Re:Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence by wolverine876 on Saturday August 07, 2021 @11:58AM (#28099578)
That's the idea, I would guess.
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Re:Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence by samvega_ on Saturday August 07, 2021 @05:09AM (#28097098)
Not only overly critical, the tweets had racist content and memes as well.
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Re:Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence by jkhdigital on Saturday August 07, 2021 @09:56AM (#28098612)
The article mentions a single tweet with a comic depiction that includes possibly exaggerated Asiatic features. Whether this kind of thing qualifies as “racist”… opinions may differ, especially since the article does not provide the original image.
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