The US Foreign Ministry confirmed that employees of the US Patent and Trademark Office were forbidden to leave China and stated that officials were working to resolve the situation.
The ministry said that the employee was “subjected to departure” when traveling in China “in personal position”.
“We follow this case very closely and deal with Chinese officials to solve the situation as quickly as possible,” the department said.
The statement was confirmed by earlier messages in the Washington Post and elsewhere that China has stopped the US citizen for several months. The post stated that the ban was introduced above the apparent inability to publish a visa application for working for the US government.
Beijing and Washington officials – including the business department – negotiate a business agreement after President Donald Trump hit the goods from China with heavy tariffs that later stopped. Trump also wants encounters with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to solve his problems that affect technological curbs, rare countries, and Tai -wan status.
The employee of the Sales Department, a veteran of the US Army, was detained when he arrived in the southwestern city of Chengdu in April to the southwestern city of Chengdu, reported the southern Chinese morning post on Sunday and quoted the person who was familiar with the situation.
He was prevented from leaving China because his case “is related to the event that Beijing considered harmful to national security,” the newspapers said, although the specifics cannot be confirmed. Since the man arrived in Chengdu, he also traveled to the Chinese capital with an American official, reported the newspaper.
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