The American and Chinese flags are displayed outside a hotel in Beijing on May 14, 2019. WASHINGTON: Washington issued new entry rules for Chinese Communist Party members travelling to the United States, the New York Times reported on Thursday , citing the State Department.
The new policy - which took immediate effect on Wednesday - caps visas of Communist Party members and their immediate families to one month and a single entry into the country, the report said."For decades we allowed the CCP free and unfettered access to US institutions and businesses while these same privileges were never extended freely to US citizens in China," a State Department spokesperson said in a statement quoted by the Times.
Applicants had previously been able to obtain 10-year visitor visas. The report estimated the new restrictions could theoretically apply to around 270 million people. Tensions have soared between the world's two largest economies on a range of fronts and both countries have stepped up travel restrictions on each other's citizens.
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