US Warns Americans Against Traveling To China Due To Arbitrary Law Enforcement And Exit Bans

 

Daily Mail: US warns Americans AGAINST traveling to China because of the risk if being wrongfully detained and arbitrary exit bans 

* Advisory comes after a 78-year-old U.S. citizen was sentenced to life in prison on spying charges in May 

* China recently passed a broadly written counterespionage law 

* Advisory warns: U.S. citizens in China 'may be detained without access to U.S. consular services or information about their alleged crime' 

The U.S. recommended Americans reconsider traveling to China because of arbitrary law enforcement and exit bans and the risk of wrongful detentions. 

No specific cases were cited, but the advisory came after a 78-year-old U.S. citizen was sentenced to life in prison on spying charges in May. 

It also followed the passage last week of a sweeping Foreign Relations Law that threatens countermeasures against those seen as harming China´s interests.  

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Update: US recommends Americans reconsider traveling to China due to arbitrary law enforcement and exit bans (AP)  

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