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, in 2023, launched a campaign to invite 50,000 young Americans to visit China on exchange and study programs.U.S. universities themselves have come to rely on Chinese students. Even as numbers level off, Chinese students remain the second-largest group of international students in the U.S. behind those from India. Foreign students are typically charged higher tuition rates, subsidizing the education for American students.

Gary Locke, a former U.S. ambassador to China, said the visa policy would “adversely and profoundly” affect U.S. higher education, research institutions, scientific discovery and startups.“The real story isn’t just about visa numbers — it’s also about how this changes the competitive landscape for talent, innovation and economic growth in America. Treating every Chinese student as a security threat distorts facts and fuels discrimination against Chinese Americans,” said Locke, now chair of the Committee of 100, a group of prominent Chinese Americans focused on U.S.-China relations and issues faced by Chinese citizens in the U.S.Associated Press writers Jocelyn Gecker in San Francisco, Matthew Lee and Fu Ting in Washington, and Terry Tang in Phoenix contributed to this report.

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) —The airstrikes late Friday targeted missile storage facilities on Syria’s Mediterranean coast that the Israeli military said “posed a threat to international and Israeli maritime freedom of navigation,” according to a brief statement.

State-run news agency SANA said the strikes in the Latakia area resulted in “material damage” but no casualties were reported.Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes across Syria targeting military infrastructure since Syrian Islamist insurgents toppled the government of Bashar Assad late last year. Israeli forces have also captured a buffer zone along the Golan Heights.

Friday’s strike comes a day after the U.S. special envoy to Syria reopened the long-shuttered U.S. ambassador’s residence in Damascus — a sign ofbetween Washington and the new Syrian government.