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United States imposes visa curbs on members of Chinese Communist Party due to ‘malign influence’
The US Government has issued rules to restrict travel to the United States by members of China’s ruling Communist Party and their families, in its latest move to push back against Chinese activity in the country.
Key points:
- Relations between the world’s two largest economies have sunk to their lowest point in decades
- China says the visa changes are an “escalated form of political oppression”
- Officials claimed that Chinese agents had already been targeting the incoming Biden administration
The policy reduces the maximum validity length of the B1/B2 non-immigrant business and tourist visas for party members and their immediate family members from 10 years to one month, the State Department said in a statement.
The department said the measure…
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