will be counterproductive and ineffective all at the same time...it will further lower the reputation of American universities among Chinese students and parents, the vast majority of whom are private citizens seeking a better education for their kids 1/ https://ihenow.com/2Mfalqc 

And it will be ineffective because in China the educational system is state-owned and it’s Party-dominated, so you can’t use this kind of mechanism to restrict students with sensitive government connections or Party connections. 2

This goes along with announcements about further restrictions proposed for Chinese graduate students in STEM (Cotton-Ark bill), a possible executive order to cancel OPT, and new restrictions proposed on H1-B. NOT winning hearts and minds. 3

Furthering damaging one of our biggest assets. Canada, Australia, the UK will all thank us. To be clear, this does not mean I condone stealing secrets, but there are better, smarter, and more targeted ways to do those things. 4/