China says US should revoke visa regulations


FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks after viewing the "Burma's Path To Genocide" exhibit at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, U.S., March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Pool/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks after viewing the "Burma's Path To Genocide" exhibit at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, U.S., March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Pool/File Photo
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BEIJING (Bywire News) - On Tuesday, the Chinese foreign ministry said that the United States should at once stop all visa curbs on Chinese officials or instead be subject to countermeasures as a retaliation.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, that the U.S. is currently putting a curb on visas belonging to Chinese officials due to the nation's involvement in "repressive acts" against ethnic minority or religious groups.

(Reporting by Yew Lun Tian; Writing by Ryan Woo; Editing by Clarence Fernandez and Klaudia Fior)

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