US Limiting Access of Chinese Students Amid National Security Concerns, Official Says

Kurt Campbell, then U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Dec. 13, 2012. Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images

More Chinese students in the United States should study the humanities rather than sciences because of national security risks, a top U.S. diplomat said.

“I would like to see more Chinese students that are coming to the United States to study the humanities and social sciences, not particle physics,” Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said during an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations think tank on June 24.