China pushed back against Washington’s proposed new visa limits for Chinese journalists in the US, one of many sour points in relationships, although it seems that the fragile trade ceasefire seems to hold.
Liu Pengu, a spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington, described this proposal as a “discriminatory step”, recorded a 90 -day limit for Chinese journalists compared to 240 days for others.
“China has been facilitating the legal reports of foreign journalists, including those from the USA,” Liu told journalists on Tuesday’s local time in Washington. “We do not want to see the new bike” media war “between the two countries and we urgent on the US to delay this wrong step.”
His comments follow the proposal of Trump’s administration last month and stored stricter visa limits for Chinese media workers within a wider pressure to limit stays of foreign reporters and students. Liu’s notes were previously reported in southern China Morning Post.
The new rule described in detail in the proposal of the Ministry of Internal Security would reduce the visa of Chinese journalists to 90 days with the possibility of extension. Journalists from other countries would face a 240 -day limit and cancel the current policy that allows them to stay as long as their task lasts.
American officials have long claimed that they have allowed many more Chinese reporters to the US than the Chinese government allow US journalists. The latest proposal is suitable for a wider intervention of Trump immigration, which has noticed that the administration will increase the appeal of visas, forbid citizens from several countries to enter the US and exclude thousands of undocumented migrants.
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