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“The question is, what counts as someone who’s working in a critical technology? Are life sciences critical? I would say ‘yes’. Are the physical sciences critical? I’d say ‘yes’. Is computer science critical? Is engineering critical?” McFaul said.“So there’s a world where the vast majority of Chinese students are disallowed from studying in the United States, which would be an enormous loss and tremendous disruption for the United States science and technology ecosystem,” he said.

‘Generating unnecessary fear’As the policy remains foggy, Chinese students in the US said they are monitoring the often fickle winds of the Trump administration.Su, a 23-year-old applied analytics graduate student at Columbia University, said she swiftly changed her plans to travel home to China this summer amid the uncertainty.

“I was afraid if I go back to China, I won’t be able to come back to the US for when classes begin,” said Su, who asked to only use her last name given the “sensitive” situation.“When Trump announces something, we never know if it’s going to be effective or not,” she told Al Jazeera. “It’s always changing”.

Deng, a graduate student at Georgetown who also asked that his full name not be used, said he broadly agreed that reforms were needed to address issues related to Chinese influence in US academia.

Those included intimidation of political dissidents, the spread of nationalist propaganda, and “oligarchy corruption”, he said.“Within the German boundaries, every Herero, with or without a gun, with or without livestock, will be shot dead,” the order said.

Between 1904 and 1908, at least 60,000 Herero and 10,000 Nama people were killed, many at German-run concentration camps, although some estimates put the death toll higher.Hundreds of Herero and Nama were also beheaded after being killed, with their skulls brought back to Germany for “scientific” experiments meant to prove racial superiority.

Since 2008, Namibian officials have demanded the bones be returned. Germany has complied, with ceremonial transfers in 2011 and 2018.Speaking to Al Jazeera, Israel Kaunatjike, a Herero activist who spearheaded the initiative “No Amnesty on Genocide”, called it a “scandal” that no official memorial of the genocide has been held since Namibia gained independence from South Africa’s control in 1990.