The U.S. State Department Thursday issued a rare and scathing travel advisory about China, advising U.S. citizens traveling there to "exercise increased caution." The Advisory stated that the warning was, "due to arbitrary enforcement of local laws as well as special restrictions on dual U.S.-Chinese nationals."
Chinese authorities have asserted broad authority to prohibit U.S. citizens from leaving China by using ‘exit bans,' sometimes keeping U.S. citizens in China for years, reads the advisory.
"China uses exit bans coercively to compel U.S. citizens to participate in Chinese government investigations, to lure individuals back to China from abroad, and to aid Chinese authorities in resolving civil disputes in favor of Chinese parties."
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