But then, with such a zero-tolerance policy, you would be depriving all those Univeristies who have made those full fees a significant mainstay. The effect would be to drain all the smaller unis who are taking the American 'rejects' from HArvard. (Brutal I know, Do you know how many people are not accepted to HArvard? - google it)

And all those American lecturers, and American fast-food joints, and well-paid American land-lords, with three, even four students per apartment. lol, and American (fill in anything a rich student might want to buy or frequent, supermarkets, gyms, bars, etc.).

Oh and the Visa from the government costs money too, BTW.

[AI] A US student visa costs approximately $535, on average.

Chickenfeed you say.

535 * 600000 = 321,000,000 That is 321 Million dollars just to keep the stamping and processing immigration bureaucracy going. All those American peeps would also lose their jobs.

Larry Johnson this morning said, that CIA practice was for those Chinese students on visas, to be approached at the big Unis, to be recruited before being sent back. That's how CIA did it. And Vice Versa of course.

OK, so if China is gunna spy on USA, did you not think the USA would do it back? Wet behind the ears. Not a valid reason for banning Chinese students.

Sooo, eliminating the student visas for what tangible reason? I mean, what would you, on the day, say to the Chinese ambassador? You had better have proof, however. Because if you were to, hypothetically speaking, 'ban paid-up students', what would tell the Chinese government, to tell the parents, who no doubt will complain loudly to their officials? Or was that the aim? Cause a little trouble for Xi?

But you do not realize how things work in Chna, if you think that will work, at all.

Trump said so? Is that what would be the only REAL reason. Not a good reason to a hopeful parent who has just shelled out big money for their precious son.

Mind you, the other thing that works in CHina is an announcement, that American Visa will no longer be applied for, henceforth: you are allowed to finish you rdegree, but it's over. To be sure, that does not even have to be said, because the parents themselves are doing a risk-assessment, for their precious offspring. At this point, it might be prudent to look at some other type of Overseas University, if any.

AMericans will witness a shrinking of those student numbers, even if Trump assures everyone he ain't gunna do it, after all. He has cried wolf, as they say.

Sort of a wary trust/betrayal mindset that is common in Asia. Those kids will find a very prestigeous universtiy somewhere else, not America.

oops. You got what you wanted, OP, and Trump only had to threaten and take away the threat. Still works. An inevitable pede-powered slide has been set in place. The Chinese know all about Social media, BTW. Not long ago the TicToc were cheering for Trump, BTW. Unless Trump somehow makes amends, which, well anything is possible. Someone is going to wake up to the fact that BRICS now have a larger economy than G7. By a long shot. And just when they are gettin wealthy, the US shuts its universities? Yer doin' it wrong.