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Are Chinese Students All Commies and Spies? (Deace Says Yea, I Say Nay) [China Compass]
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After working through this week’s Pray for China cities (4:28), we jump into the topic of the day: Are Chinese students all spies? (19:05). Lastly, some stories about teaching in China (50:00).
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So Trump promised to welcome 600k Chinese students into United States universities and Christian political commentator, Steve Deace, is not amused. Here's his show from last week…
No, It's Not 'America First' to Import 600,000 SPIES | 8/26/25 (7:09-7:56, 14:14-29:50)
https://www.podbean.com/ea/dir-8bbvi-2732e521
First, I love the Steve Deace Show for many reasons, but the ignorant takes (in the literal, not name-calling, sense) on China is not one of them:
- “Half a million Chinese spies getting into top universities.”
- “Importing 600,000 Chinese Communists. . . to preserve (financially) [our already communist and subsidized] universities?”
- “Less than 1,000 (US students in China)*, because apparently they care more about their institutions and culture than we do.”
- “How ‘bout: we don't take any Chicoms, and we make [American universities] take and train [our] students instead, and tell them they are going to lose all taxpayer funding and subsidies if they don't.”
- “[Make American universities great again], instead of depots for Chinese Communists.”
*False: http://en.moe.gov.cn/news/press_releases/201904/t20190418_378586.html
Now, before I explain more, it's worth noting in agreement that opening the door to so many foreign students is probably bad for America, just not for some of the more common reasons given (ie, Chinese students are all spies).
So, are Chinese students spies?