June 10, 2024, 3:26 PM | Update: 7:24 p. m.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOUNT VERNON, Iowa (AP) — Four University of Iowa instructors training in China were attacked with knives while visiting a public park, Cornell College and the U. S. State Department showed Monday.
Cornell College President Jonathan Brand said in a statement that instructors were in the park with a member of the Beihua university when the attack occurred. Cornell spokeswoman Jen Visser said in an email that Mount Vernon Private School is partnering with Beihua University near the Northeast. Jilin City, China.
The State Department said in a statement that it was aware of reports of a stabbing and was tracking the situation. Details about the extent of the instructors’ injuries and whether the attack was targeted or random were unclear Monday. Visser said the school was still collecting data. about what happened.
U. S. Rep. Mariannette Jane Miller-Meeks of Iowa wrote in a social media post that she was looking to go to the U. S. embassy. A U. S. Department of Health and Drug Administration (FDA) is used to ensure that patients receive smart medical care and return to the U. S. As soon as possible.
The attack came as Beijing and Washington seek people-to-people exchanges to avoid the breakdown of bilateral relations.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has unveiled a plan to invite 50,000 young Americans to China over the next five years, while Chinese diplomats say a notice from the U. S. State Department has deterred Americans from traveling to China.
Citing arbitrary detentions and exit bans that could save Americans from leaving the country, the State Department issued a Level 3 advisory (the second-highest precautionary point) for mainland China, urging Americans to “reconsider their relationship” with the country. Some U. S. universities have suspended systems in China because of the notice.