U.S. imposes visa restrictions on reciprocity restrictions on Tibetan areas by Chinese officials | World News
Washington: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Monday (local time) that visa restrictions were imposed on Chinese officials, responsible for restricting U.S. officials from entering Tibetan areas. The move is in response to the long-standing refusal of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP to allow our diplomats, journalists and international observers to enter Tibet, while Chinese officials enjoy unrestricted access to the United States.
“Today, I am taking steps to impose additional visa restrictions on Chinese officials who have greatly participated in policies related to visiting Tibetans under the 2018 Reciprocal Visits,” Rubio said in a statement.
“For a long time, the Communist Party of China (CCP) has denied access to U.S. diplomats, journalists and other international observers, visiting the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and other Tibetan areas in China, while Chinese diplomats and journalists enjoy extensive access in the United States.
In addition, the United States urges the CCP to resolve the issue immediately and allow diplomats and others to obtain TAR without restrictions. “The lack of reciprocity is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. I urge the CCP to immediately address the lack of reciprocity and allow diplomats and others to enter China’s tar and other Tibetan areas without restrictions,” he said.
Earlier in the day, a U.S. State Department spokesman criticized China’s call for Taiwan independence for “irresponsible and reprehensible”, who described the Chinese government’s demands for citizens report that advocates “Taiwan independence” as “unresponsible and repetitive people.”
“China urges private individuals to inform so-called “Taiwan independence aides and accomplices” of the so-called ‘persecution or suppression’, which is both irresponsible and uncondemnible,” the spokesman said in an email cited by the Taipei Times. The spokesman said the action was part of Beijing’s “intimidation campaign” against Taiwan and its allies, who claimed it was “threatening freedom of speech globally, undermining the stability of the Indo-Pacific region and deliberately undermining the status quo of trans nature.”
