Bangladesh, June 4 -- In a proclamation issued on Friday, the US president announced the United States is imposing entry restrictions on students and researchers from China, including those who have already received visas, as apparently they pose a threat to the long-term economic vitality of the US and the American people.

The justification for the move was the claim that Beijing "co-opts" some Chinese students, mostly postgraduate students and post-doctorate researchers, to act as "non-traditional collectors of intellectual property" that can contribute to China's "military-civil fusion strategy".

The move calls into question the credibility of the US leader and how much he can be trusted to keep his word, as he promised his Chinese c...