'Crusade' against Chinese Harvard student poisons social media

Since I have listened to many speeches at university commencement ceremonies, I can say with certainty the one on humanity delivered by Yurong "Luanna" Jiang, a Chinese student at Harvard Kennedy School, on May 29 was good.

In her speech, Jiang called on people to be compassionate despite the growing divisions, rising fear and spreading conflicts, things that have been haunting the United States and many other parts of the world for some time now. It was delivered amid the intensified confrontation between the Donald Trump administration and Harvard and several other universities, and days after the administration revoked Harvard's right to enroll international students.

It was a speech full of positive energy by an aspiring graduate in her mid-20s who has majored in international development.