A recent initiative to prevent Chinese students from enrolling at American colleges is one of China’s stringent rules, according to Burns. In recent months, exchange programs have become increasingly challenging.
“They claim to seek people-to-people connection, but this is not only episodic, as they tell the public and us. This is customary. Almost all public events are like this, according to Burns. “We hope that the PRC will reconsider,” he continued, referring to the People’s Republic of China by its abbreviation, “this is a serious breach.”
