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Washington DC [US]July 4 (ANI): Americans should reconsider travel to China due to the risk of wrongful detention, the U.S. State Department warned in its latest travel advisory issued Friday, CNN reported.
Although previous notifications also listed mainland China as a “Tier 3: Reconsider Travel” destination, this was due to the risk of “arbitrary enforcement of local laws”.
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The risk of wrongful detention was cited as a reason for “greater caution” for U.S. travelers in the advice issued in March.
A State Department spokesperson explained that because the Chinese government “continues to pursue this practice of wrongful detention,” “the travel advisory has been updated to advise U.S. citizens to reconsider travel to mainland China due to the risk of wrongful detention.”
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Advisories in late June and March stated: “The State Department has determined that China is at risk of wrongful detention of U.S. citizens by the government of the People’s Republic of China.”
The updated advice comes amid heightened tensions between the United States and China.
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visited Beijing last month to try to stem the slide in relations between the two countries amid lingering mistrust. Speaking at a news conference after his visit, Blinken said the United States and China had made “progress” in steering relations back on track, with both sides agreeing on the need to “stabilize” the relationship between the two superpowers, according to CNN. bilateral relationship between.
The senior U.S. diplomat said he brought up the cases of three Americans known to have been wrongly detained in China: Li Kai, Mark Swiedan and David Lin, noting that negotiations were underway to ensure their released.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to the Chinese capital this week as part of an ongoing effort to stabilize U.S.-China relations. (Arnie)
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