Unvaccinated students may be banned for admission to schools影响入学

Unvaccinated students may be banned for admission to schools

The local government of Hancheng, Shaanxi Province announced on Tuesday a ban on unvaccinated people entering key public places including supermarkets, hotels, restaurants, public vehicles and entertainment venues and government halls. Persons with a certificate that shows they are not suitable to receive COVID-19 vaccines are excluded from the ban. The measure came in the wake of the discovery of one asymptomatic case. 

According to a notice published by the city government on its official WeChat account, the prohibition will start on Tuesday in some areas and on Thursday in the whole city. The move aims to prevent imported cases and domestic outbreaks and help reach herd immunity as soon as possible, the notice said.

The key public places that local residents need to undergo checks include shopping malls, supermarkets, hotels, restaurants, public vehicles, entertainment venues, stadiums, hospitals, nursing homes, religious places and government halls.  

People are banned from entering the above places unless they have a certificate from a hospital that shows they are not suitable to receive COVID-19 vaccines or that they have already taken the first shot and are waiting for the second dose. 

A similar requirement was announced in Feixian county, East China's Shandong Province. According to a notice published by the county's health commission on its official WeChat account on Tuesday, checking vaccination record before entering key public places is an important part of forming herd immunity. The county requires local residents to present their vaccination certificates when entering public venues starting from Wednesday. 

The city of Guiping, in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, also stipulated that, to ensure campus safety, students and their family members should be vaccinated as soon as possible. Otherwise, their admission to the school could be compromised. 

According to media reports, the government of Deyang district in Southwest China's Sichuan Province also announced that, starting from July 17, unvaccinated people, except those who are not suitable for vaccination, are not allowed to enter schools, nursing homes and libraries. 

More cities and districts in East China's Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces also issued notices requiring citizens to get vaccinated as quickly as they can. They also warn that people who are not vaccinated will not be allowed to enter public venues, including schools and nursing houses, starting late July.

多地通知未接种疫苗或影响出行，强制接种来了？多地回应

近日，江西崇仁县、定南县、安远县，浙江丽水，宁波宁海，四川德阳及陕西韩城等地相继发出通知，7月下旬起，原则上不允许未接种新冠病毒疫苗人员（禁忌症者除外）进入超市、医院、学校、车站、药店等重点公共场所。昨日，央视网记者进行采访，浙江宁波宁海县、浙江丽水市莲都区回应，对未接种人群，只动员其进行接种，并不要求重点场所实施禁入。

广西两地：学生户口本上家庭成员原则上未完成接种的暂缓入学

近日，广西桂平市、贵港市港南区发布通知，各个阶段（幼儿园，小学，初中，高中）的学生户口本上家庭成员符合接种条件的在开学前就近完成接种。原则上未完成接种的，暂缓入学。

Over 1000 Chinese students plan to sue over US visa restrictions

A lawsuit is brewing among Chinese students facing US visa discrimination from a Trump-era policy. The US Embassy in China resumed processing US visas for students in May — yet, this group claims those from science and tech backgrounds are still being turned away without reason.

Over 20 students have collaboratively set up a website and are raising funds to hire renowned American civil rights and immigration lawyer Ira Kurzban. “So far, more than 1,100 people said they are willing to join us and we hope more could follow,” said a source identified as the initiator. Their data show that 80% of the students affected come from eight leading Chinese STEM universities. At the same time, they have also identified certain literature and business students who have had their US visas impacted by the policy.

This comes after 500 Chinese students reportedly raised the issue of US visa rejections with the Chinese Embassy in the US. The rejections were purportedly based on the Trump-era Immigration and Nationality Act and Presidential Proclamation 10043, which suspends entry for Chinese students and researchers who Washington deems as being connected to China’s “military-civil fusion strategy.”

Chinese students worry that US visa restrictions may threaten the future of literature and business students too, not just scientists. 

The Chinese Foreign Ministry further estimates that up to 5,000 Chinese graduates could face US visa issues every year if this discrimination were allowed to go on. According to Georgetown University, this accounts for 27% of the total Chinese graduate students in the US.

International Education Exchange data shows that Chinese students made up 35% of the international student population in the US in 2019-20. Of this number, the Centre for Security and Emerging Technology estimates that there are 45,720 undergraduate Chinese students studying agriculture, biology, computers, engineering, mathematics, and physical sciences and 76,060 in either master’s or PhD programmes in the same fields.

签证被拒，1000多名中国学生准备集体起诉美国政府

最近，美方以违反特朗普时期签署的第10043号总统令为由，无理拒绝了五百多名中国留学生赴美签证申请。现在，1000多名计划赴美留学的中国学生准备起诉美国政府，并做好了“持久战”的准备，他们已经筹集了30多万美元的诉讼费用。

10日报道，一群赴美留学签证被拒的中国学生准备对美国政府发起集体诉讼。这些学生来自8所顶尖理工学校，包括俗称的“国防七子”和北京邮电大学。

“国防七子”即上海交通大学、哈尔滨工业大学、北京理工大学、北京航空航天大学、南京航空航天大学、电子科技大学、西北工业大学。这7所高校直属工信部，被确定为国防工业院校。

2020年5月，时任美国总统特朗普签署了第10043号总统令，也成为拜登继续以“防间谍”、“保护知识产权”、“国家安全”等为幌子，继续打压中美学术交流，搞对华技术封锁的凭据。该总统令暂停和限制与中国“军民融合发展战略机构”有关联的中国公民，通过F或J签证进入美国进行研究生以上学位学习或从事科研。

Chinese Regulator Approved Tencent’s Plan to Privatize Search Engine Sogou

A bid by Chinese technology giant Tencent to acquire the country's second-largest search engine Sogou was granted unconditional approval, according to public information released by the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) on Tuesday. 

The takeover will make Sogou a direct and fully owned subsidiary of Tencent, and the search engine, which was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2017, is expected to delist after the deal. 

The approval had sent some surprise among Chinese netizens, particularly after the authorities seemed to ramp up oversight against monopolies lately by barring acquisitions submitted by some internet platforms. 

Last week, after an anti-monopoly review, the regulators barred a merger between two livestreaming firms - Huya and DouYu - a deal proposed by Tencent. It was also the first merger prohibition case over business concentration in the platform economy.

市场监管总局：无条件批准腾讯收购搜狗股权！腾讯市值飙升超2500亿

7月13日上午10点，国家市场监管总局官网发布“2021年7月5日-7月12日无条件批准经营者集中案件列表”显示，国家市场监督管理总局反垄断局已无条件批准腾讯控股有限公司收购搜狗公司股权。

据央广网报道，2020年7月27日，中国第二大搜索公司搜狗宣布收到腾讯的初步非约束性收购要约，腾讯拟以9美元/ADS的价格收购搜狗的其他股份。

2020年9月29日，搜狗与腾讯签署了最终版《合并协议及计划》。搜狗发布的公告显示，预计该笔交易将在2020年第四季度完成。

这笔交易一旦完成，搜狗将成为腾讯的间接全资子公司，从纽约证券交易所退市。

然而，随着国家市场监管总局对该交易案进行反垄断审查，这项股权收购案并未如期完成。不过现在，这笔交易获得监管部门的无条件批准，已经算是尘埃落定。

相比于斗鱼和虎牙的合并，国家市场监督管理总局对腾讯收购搜狗股权的决定显得颇为宽容。

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