US to block some Chinese students, strip Hong Kong's special status

US President Donald Trump on May 29 issued a proclamation to block certain graduate level and above Chinese nationals to enter United States who are allegedly associated with China’s military. Donald Trump has time and again accused China of stealing techlogy and intellectual property from United States in order to strengn its military capabilities that he says will threaten America's national security interests. "Protecting invations, creations, and inventions that power our country is vital to our ecomic prosperity and national security," Trump said in a release by White House. 

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"China’s ft of American techlogy, intellectual property, and research threatens safety, security, and ecomy of United States. Today’s actions will t affect students who come to United States for legitimate reasons. Affected students are those who have been employed by or who studied or researched with Chinese entities that support China’s Military-Civil Fusion (MCF) strategy," a press release from White House read. 

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Donald Trump also said that he is directing his administration to remove Hong Kong's special status in relation to trade because of ongoing unrest in former British colony. Hong Kong is currently witnessing widespread protests after Beijing unveiled plan to introduce new national security law, which critics say will furr undermine automy of semi-automous region. United States and United Kingdom also raised Hong Kong issue at UN Security Council meeting, which China says is an internal matter. move by US and UK fell flat as re was format discussion on issue.

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US-China tensions

Tensions between United States and China are currently at an all-time high with Donald Trump accusing Communist state of t being transparent with its handling of COVID-19 outbreak. United States claims pandemic that is raging havoc across world is t of naturally occurring and is man-made at Wuhan virology institute. Donald Trump has also said that United States will terminate its relations with World Health Organisation (WHO) accusing it of being pro-China. 

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