Secretary Kristi Noem emphasized that the Trump administration’s recent ban on Harvard University enrolling international students should serve as a “warning” to other universities around the country.

The Chinese government said Friday that the Trump administration’s move to ban international students from Harvard would harm America’s international standing, as anxious students and parents overseas fretted over what would come next.

Authorities and some universities in China's Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions have extended an olive branch after students and scholars to Harvard University were sent reeling by the US administration's attempt to ban the renowned institution.

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"It would be devastating," a former president of Harvard — and frequent critic of the university — said of the government's attempt to prevent Harvard from enrolling foreign students.