A Chinese university recently announced that it expelled a female student over her allegedly dating a foreigner. The story has sparked a conversation on Chinese social media about gender bias and nationalism in the country, where authorities have discouraged romantic connections with foreigners on the grounds of national security concerns. The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler spoke to Yaqiu Wang, a Chinese human rights researcher at the University of Chicago.
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