New Delhi: The United States imposed visa restrictions for Chinese people. The State Department on Friday said that it would deny visas to Chinese citizens linked to overseas influence operations involving violence and other means of intimidation.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that “The restrictions would apply to Chinese Communist Party officials or anyone else taking part in such propaganda or influence campaigns affiliated with the United Front Work Department.”
On the restrictions – Mike Pompeo stated that “The United Front has been involved in efforts to put pressure on people outside China’s borders who raise concerns about human rights abuses in the Uighur region, Tibet and elsewhere. Its “coercive tactics” have included publicly releasing personal details about critics and their family members online as a means of intimidation.”
According to international political experts – New restrictions of the United States against China – will definitely increase disputes between two nations and The US is already against China on human rights issues, the coronavirus pandemic, Trade, technology, Taiwan and many other issues.
Chinese citizens would be denied a visa to enter the United States if they have taken part in United Front efforts using violence, threats or other means of pressure against overseas Chinese communities, academics or civil society groups in the US or elsewhere to advance the “CCP’s authoritarian narratives and policy preferences,” the State Department said in a separate statement on the measure.
As per the experts – a number of Chinese people will be affected by the new restrictions.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said Thursday that the travel restrictions were “totally inconsistent with the US’s own interests” and would damage America’s global image.
