内容摘要：The authors of Project Esther have presented their report as a set of recommendations for combating anti-Semitism, but critics say the document’s ultimate aim is to “poison” groups critical of Israel by painting them as Hamas associates.

The authors of Project Esther have presented their report as a set of recommendations for combating anti-Semitism, but critics say the document’s ultimate aim is to “poison” groups critical of Israel by painting them as Hamas associates.

The U.S. will begin revoking visas of Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields.— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio)

The US has not specified what counts as a “critical field”. But in March, a US congressional committee of the House of Representativesto leadership at Carnegie Mellon University, Purdue University, Stanford University, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the University of Maryland and the University of Southern Californiarequesting information

about Chinese nationals in advanced science, technology, engineering and medicine programmes on their campuses.John Moolenaar, the chair of the congressional committee, alleged that China was embedding its students in top research programmes to access sensitive technology.

“The Chinese Communist Party has established a well-documented, systematic pipeline to embed researchers in leading US institutions, providing them direct exposure to sensitive technologies with dual-use military applications,” Moolenaar said in the letter, adding that many Chinese students immigrate to the US or other Western countries after completing their degrees.

“This pattern raises significant concerns about the extent to which Chinese nationals, after gaining expertise in highly advanced fields, ultimately transfer knowledge back to China,” he said.At least initially, imports took a considerable hit.

According to estimates by Brugel, the value of all imported goods fell by half in the first four months after the invasion compared with the four months prior.But since then, imports have made up much of that lost ground. For all of 2022, imports fell by only 8 percent, according to Russia’s central bank, although independent researchers have estimated a sharper decline of 15-16 percent.

In 2023, imports reached 99.7 percent of pre-war levels, according to the Russian central bank.The Russian economy’s unexpected resilience has been due, in part, to alternative supply chains.