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US issues travel curbs for Chinese Communist Party members: NYT
The new policy limited the maximum validity of travel visas for party members and their families to one month and a single entry, the paper reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (center) delivers a speech during a ceremony to honor people who fought against the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 8, 2020. (AFP/Nicolas Asfouri )
U
S President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday issued new rules to restrict travel by Chinese Communist Party members' and their families' to the United States, the New York Times newspaper reported on Thursday.
The new policy limited the maximum validity of travel visas for party members and their families to one month and a single entry, the paper reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
The Times reported that the new policy, which took immediate effect, limits the maximum validity of travel visas for party members and their families to one month and a single entry, according to two people familiar with the matter. A State Department spokesman said in an emailed statement it was reducing the validity of visas for party members from 10 years to one month.
Previously, party members, like other Chinese citizens, could obtain visitor visas for the United States of up to 10 years in duration. The new measures do not affect party members’ eligibility for other kinds of visas, such as immigration, one of the people added.
In principle, the policy change could affect the travel of roughly 270 million people — China has about 92 million Communist Party members — though in practice, it might be difficult to determine who, apart from high-level officials, belongs to the party. The new visa rules add to the now yearslong conflict between the two countries on trade, technology and much else.
