MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILY
The year 2020 has been an annus horribilis for the world economy, global health－and Sino-US relations. Bilateral relations further deteriorated due wholly to the United States hostile trade and security policies toward China.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo s statement during an interview on Aug 31 is an apt example of why Sino-US ties have deteriorated: Look, not every Chinese student who is here is working on behalf of or at the behest of, the direction of the Chinese Communist Party, but it s something President Trump has taken a serious, serious look at.
In line with Pompeo s remarks, some universities in the US either asked some Chinese students and researchers to leave or expelled them, with the University of North Texas in Denton expelling 15 visiting scholars from China in late August.