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On July 23, 2020, the United States government ordered the Chinese consulate in Houston to close. Less than a week later, the American consulate in Chengdu was vacated as reciprocation from Beijing. Harvard University Department of Government Ph.D.

Recorded 7/23/20

As U.S.-China relations continue to deteriorate, two components of the relationship that have been successful in the past are increasingly coming under attack: higher education and scientific collaboration.

Bernice Xu joined the National Committee in July 2020 as a program assistant. Ms. Xu’s background and experience as a Chinese-American has inspired her interest and desire to shape U.S. policy toward China. Starting from a young age, she has spent summers traveling throughout China and being immersed in Chinese language and culture. This led her to develop a natural interest in world history, American politics, and international affairs, the latter of which she studied as her major in college. Her undergraduate research centered on surveying the implications of China’s political, economic, and military rise for U.S. foreign policy. She completed her thesis on China’s evolving role in the Middle East, specifically examining the Arab-Israeli conflict and BRI.

Recorded 7/16/2020.

The Justice Department's China Initiative against economic espionage and intellectual property theft has made Chinese students in the United States a focus of increasing scrutiny, while Congress has initiated legislation aiming to restrict this broad group's ability to work and study in the United States.