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Story told to me today by a Chinese academic I consider a friend. Gets to a US airport, is taken to a room, interrogated, asked if he is a spy and whether he is coming to America to steal technology (he who barely can use a smartphone). Visa is cancelled, sent back to China
Applies again and his passport is never returned by US embassy in Beijing. This raises many questions about what the policy is meant to achieve but also whether this is proper behavior in a liberal democracy. Outlook that every Chinese is a thief and a spy is not a winning one
There seem to be two plausible reasons for new policy. Either US authorities truly believe every Chinese person is a spy in the service of the CCP or the decision was taken in response to opinions this academic expressed
