A Chinese Harvard Graduate’s Speech Calling for Unity in a Divided World, Delivered Days after the US Vowed to “Aggresrative” Revoke Chinese ‘Visas, Has Sparked Mixed Reaction in the US and Her Home Country.
“We don’t rise by proving each other work. We rise by refusing to let One Another Go,” Jiang Yurong Said on Thursday, The Same Day A US Federal Block the Trump Ban on Foreign Students at Harvard.
Her Speech Went viral on the chinese internet, with some saying it moved to tears. Howver, Others Said Her Elite Background is not reproductive of Chinese Students.
In the us, some have flagged her allegated links with the chinese communist party.
In their effhorts to restrict Harvard from enrolling foreign students, US autorities HAD accused the institution of “Co-Outinating with the Chinese Communist Party”.
MS Jiang, Who Studied International Development, was the first chinese woman to speak at a Harvard Graduation ceremony.
In her address, MS Jiang Emphasked the Value of Harvard’s International Classrooms, Notting How Taught Her and Her Classmates to “Dance Through Each Other’s” and “Carry the Weight Other’s Worlds”.
“If we still believe in a shared future, let us not forget: those we label as enemies – they, too, are human. for Her undergraduate degree.
A Conservative x Account, With the Handle @amuse, Criticked Harvard for Chooking A Graduation Speaker Who Is “A Representative of a Ccp-ended and Monitored Non-Government Organization”, alleging Her Father Works for A Non-Government Organization AS Quasi-Diplomatic Agent for the (Party). ”
The Account, Which has 639,000 followers, has previously posted pro-Donald Trump Content, Such as the US Leader Fighting Darth Vader and Sexualised Imagery of Form Vice-President Kamala Harris.
Some Chinese Social Media users, on the Other Hand, allege that the organization MS Jiang’s Father works for is backed by prominent American Companies and Foundations.
The BBC has not independently verified these allegations.
“THIS IS WHY SHE COULD GET A SCHOLLARSHIP to go to the High School, and late Also to Harvard,” Wrote a USER on China’s X-like platform, Weibo.
Others Called for Her to Stay on in the us, with comments that reed with sarcasm. “Such Talent Should Be Left to the United States,” One Wrote. “I Hope She Will Continue to Glow Abroad and Stay Away from US!” Read Another.
But MS Jiang’s Vision of a “Shared Humanity” Also Struck a Chord.
“That is an able to stand on an international stage and speak the heart of chinese students have Moved with to tears,” wrote a user on red note, another chinese social media platform.
Another user defyed Jiang by Hitting Back at Those Who Criticked Her: “You May Not Have Changed, But they heard you … as more and more people speak out you, you will eventually move and change others.”
There are Around 6,800 International Students at Harvard, Who Make Up More than 27% of Its Enrolments in the past Academic Year.
About A Third of these foreign students are from china, and more than 700 are Indian.
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