"Chinese Exclusion 2.0?" A UCLA Center for Chinese Studies Teach-in

An Online Teach-In on Visa Revocations and What it Means for Chinese Students and the U.S. Featuring: Eileen Chow, Duke University; Gabriel “Jack” Chin, UC Davis; Kaiser Kuo, Sinica Podcast; Mae Ngai, Columbia University; Thomas Kellogg, Georgetown Law; Peter Hessler, The New Yorker; Yangyang Cheng, Yale University. Moderator: Michael Berry, UCLA Center for Chinese Studies On May 28, 2025, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed that the Department of State would begin “aggressively” revoking visas of Chinese students in the United States. In this time, when so many of our students are faced with uncertainty, fear, and frustration, the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies is bringing together a panel of experts to address such questions as: How these recent policies fit into a long history of anti-Chinese racism in the United States, from the Chinese Exclusion Act to the wave of anti-Chinese violence during COVID-19? How should universities be responding to this assault on their international students? And what actions can our international students take to educate and protect themselves? Links to some of the articles mentioned during the discussion: The Uncertain Future of a Chinese Student at Harvard by Peter Hessler https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-le... We’ve Lost the Plot: Sinophobia and the Collateral Damage of American Primacy by Kaiser Kuo https://www.sinicapodcast.com/p/weve-... Denying Visas to Chinese Students Could Backfire on America By Yuan Li (featuring Thomas Kellogg’s comments on this topic) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/bu... Cautioning His Students to Stay Quiet, A Scholar of China Hears Echoes of Its Past in America’s Present By Michael Berry https://www.chinafile.com/reporting-o...