Anti-Chinese sentiment and xenophobia barrier to productive sci-tech exchanges

It defies belief how narrow-minded or lacking in common sense some politicians of the United States can be. Congressman Riley Moore has stepped to the fore as an example of this, introducing a bill last week to ban all Chinese nationals from receiving US student visas.

"Every year we allow nearly 300,000 Chinese nationals to come to the US on student visas. We've literally invited the CCP to spy on our military, steal our intellectual property and threaten national security," Moore said in a statement. He called for Congress to end what he called China's exploitation of the US' student visa program. "It's time we turned off the spigot and immediately banned all student visas going to Chinese nationals."

Further stretching the boundaries of credulity is the fact that his prejudicial bill is cosponsored by five other Republican representatives.