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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.

Among the two largest parts of the in­ter­na­tion­al stu­dent com­mu­ni­ty in Har­vard are Chi­nese and In­di­an stu­dents. The uni­ver­si­ty en­rolled 6,703 in­ter­na­tion­al stu­dents across all of its schools in 2024, ac­cord­ing to the school’s da­ta, with 1,203 of those from Chi­na and 788 from In­dia.

The Trump ad­min­is­tra­tion’s move, an­nounced Thurs­day, was a hot top­ic on Chi­nese so­cial me­dia. State broad­cast­er CCTV ques­tioned whether the U.S. would re­main a top des­ti­na­tion for for­eign stu­dents, not­ing Har­vard was al­ready su­ing the U.S. gov­ern­ment in court.