US President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday said it had revoked Harvard University’s right to enrol international students, citing its “coordinated activity” with China’s Communist Party as a factor in the decision.
The move, which comes amid an escalating clash between Trump and the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based university, was expected to affect almost 6,800 foreign students – more than a quarter of Harvard’s student population. Each year, anywhere from 1,800 to 2,300 Chinese students and scholars study at Harvard, according to its website.
