US EditionHarvard Chinese Student's Graduate Speech Draws Praise and Ire
- On June 1, 2025, Yurong Luanna Jiang made history as the first Chinese student chosen to deliver the commencement address at Harvard University, where she called for global solidarity and shared humanity.
- Her speech came amid US tensions over Chinese students, including visa revocations and claims linking her to a CCP-affiliated organization, which remain unverified.
- Jiang emphasized Harvard's international environment, urging empathy and shared humanity, and highlighted the diverse student body including about a third from China.
- Her speech, which moved many to tears and gained widespread attention on Chinese social media, featured messages emphasizing mutual support and unity, including the idea that progress comes from standing together rather than pulling each other apart.
- The event highlighted divisions in ideas and identities globally and suggested a need for greater moral imagination and connection among people.
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Brawling men interrupt Harvard student’s interview on global unity
A brawl broke out between two men while a Chinese Harvard student spoke about global unity in an interview on Friday (30 May). Yurong “Luanna” Jiang was speaking to the Associated Press about the importance of being compassionate when a fight broke out in the background. The two men can be seen falling to the ground in a tumble at an open-air restaurant, with a third man later piling on. Jiang, the first Chinese woman chosen as Harvard’s student…
On Weibo, "Chinese girl in dilemma after giving speech at Harvard" became a hot search, sparking heated discussion. Jiang Yurong did not directly mention former US President Trump in her speech, but some US media believed that her remarks were a rebuttal to Trump's previous "no-money order". In her speech, she emphasized the unity of the world and that everyone is connected to everyone else, which is consistent with the freedom and humanitarian …
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