Ministry criticizes US for deporting Chinese students with valid visas

China's foreign ministry has criticized what it says is the discriminatory treatment of Chinese students trying to enter the United States after reports of prolonged interrogations and coercion, with some seeing their visas revoked upon arrival in the US.

At least seven Chinese students, all women, who flew to the Washington DC area recently to further their studies in the US were deported without explicit reasons, according to a report by China Science Daily, a media outlet administered by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

One of the Chinese students recalled her experience to the newspaper. She was unwilling to provide her name for fear of repercussions.