According to the new report, Washington DC was forbidden to have Washington DC in China in China to have some romantic or sexual relations with Chinese citizens.
Not only US government officials in China, their family members and suppliers with security screenings are also forbidden to create such relations with Chinese nationals, according to the Associated Press report.
Four sources cited by the wire agency said this policy was departed from the US Ambassador Nicholas Burns in January shortly before he left China.
What is the new American policy concerning relations with Chinese nationals?
As is known, since the Cold War, although some American agencies are already prohibiting their employees such relationships, the Unheard of Cold War was unheard of “non-phony policy”. However, American diplomats in another country often date or take the citizens of the nations in which they are published.
Last summer, a lighter version of the new directive was introduced that banned US diplomats “romantic and sexual relations” with Chinese citizens working as guards and other support employees at the US embassy and five consulates in China.
Burns, however, made him a blanket before Donald Trump was sworn as president.
Two people with knowledge of the ban said that the new policy was first discussed last summer after the members of Congress contacted Burns to express the concerns that the limitation of these relations was not sufficiently strict.
Where is the new US policy usable?
The new policy includes US mainland missions, including the Embassy in Beijing and Consulates in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenyang and Wuhan, as well as the US Consulate on the Hong Kong semi -autonomous territory. It does not apply to American staff located outside China.
This policy was communicated verbally and electronically to the US staff in China, but was not publicly announced.
Who is liberated?
The only exception of politics is the US staff with existing relations with Chinese citizens; They may apply for exceptions. If the exception is rejected, the relationship must end or leave their position, the resources were quoted as AP. The report said that anyone who violates policy will be ordered to leave China immediately.
In recent years, the tension between Washington and Beijing has escalated over trade, technology and geopolitical competition that Donald Trump escalated when he stored 54 % of the tariff on China on April 2. New policy comes in the middle of such tension.
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