消息人士向《中国日报》表示，近日，4名赴美留学及参加学术会议的中国学生遭美方无端滋扰盘查遣返。当事人均为理工科背景，其中2人研究方向与人工智能相关。

Four Chinese students who recently traveled to the United States to study and participate in academic conferences suffered unwarranted harassment, interrogation and repatriation by the US side, sources said.

The four students have scientific and technical backgrounds, and two of them have research interests in artificial intelligence, the sources familiar with the matter told China Daily on the condition of anonymity.

据消息人士透露，美国海关和边境保护局（CBP）执法人员将4人带至“小黑屋”连续盘查十余小时，多次进行诱导性、胁迫性提问，对其个人和家庭情况、在美学习和实习、是否为中共党员、是否与中国政府合作等情况进行反复盘问，尤其关注党员身份等政治背景和计算机相关科研背景。

US Customs and Border Protection officers took the four Chinese individuals to a darkened room for more than 10 hours of continuous interrogation, repeatedly questioning them with a baiting, coercive approach, the sources said.

The officers repeatedly questioned them about their personal and family information, their studies and internships in the US, whether they were members of the Communist Party of China, and whether they had cooperated with the Chinese government.

The officers "paid particular attention to political backgrounds such as CPC membership, and to scientific research backgrounds related to computers", one of the sources said.

据悉，美方在缺少事实依据和有效许可的情况下，“强行扣留其中1人电子产品，并将另外3人遣返。美方还拒绝2名当事人与家人朋友联系，造成其中1人超30小时与外界失联”。

The US side also refused to allow two of the individuals to contact their families and friends, causing one of them to be out of contact with the outside world for more than 30 hours, the source said.

In addition, without evidence or valid warrants, the US side arbitrarily seized the electronic products of one of the Chinese individuals and repatriated the other three students. How the fourth student's case was resolved was not disclosed.

据不完全统计，美方近年来无端滋扰盘查遣返了30余名计算机相关专业中国留学生，绝大多数为硕博研究生，其中博士占比超过一半，多数来自美知名高校，研究方向覆盖人工智能、信息科学、网络安全、电气、软件工程、电子信息工程等领域。



这些学生入境时被美方滋扰盘查时间普遍超过10小时，被扣留时间最长的甚至达5天，最终无一例外被注销签证并遣返。

The US side in recent years has conducted unwarranted harassment, interrogation and repatriation of more than 30 Chinese students majoring in computer-related fields, according to incomplete statistics.

The vast majority of them are master's or doctoral degree candidates, with more than half of them being PhD candidates, and most of them are studying in well-known universities in the US.

Their research interests cover fields such as artificial intelligence, information science, network security, electronics, software engineering and electronic information engineering.

消息人士指出，美方做法远远超出正常执法范围，带有强烈意识形态偏见，其目的不是维护所谓“国家边境安全”，而是阻遏中国科技发展，维护美国科技霸权，“充分暴露美方的霸道霸凌以及在科技领域的焦虑感和不自信”。

消息人士表示，美方行径只会在美国内外产生严重“寒蝉效应”，毒化两国关系民意环境，阻碍两国人员往来和人才交流，最终损害美国自身的国际形象和创新活力，“搬起石头砸自己的脚”。

消息人士说：“中国学生赴美留学应审慎评估风险，三思而行。”