Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia– Storm between China and United States (US) more and more endless. This time the country of President Xi Jinping gave a new attack on President Donald Trump’s country.
Friday evening local time, China announced new restrictions on the activity of US diplomats working in mainland China and Hong Kong. This is a response to a similar treatment to Chinese diplomats in the US last year.
In a statement posted online late Friday, a foreign ministry spokesman said the rules would apply to senior diplomats and all other personnel at the American Embassy in Beijing and consulates across China.
However, the spokesman said China still supported “exchange as usual and cooperation between all sectors of the two countries” and said the restrictions could be lifted if the US lifted the measures imposed last October.
“Once again we urge the US side to immediately correct its mistakes and lift the unreasonable restrictions imposed on the Chinese embassy and consulates and their staff. China will make a reciprocal response to US actions,” the spokesman said, speaking on condition of anonymity. 13/09/2020).
However, no details have been provided about the new restrictions. Currently, US diplomats face restrictions regarding which states they can visit and even access to campuses.
US rules require Chinese diplomats to report travel and meetings in what is seen as an attempt to prevent interference in the overseas Chinese community and foreign students.
Washington also complained about the lack of reciprocal access to access to the media, saying Chinese diplomats could convey their views to the entire US media while American delegation was shunned by the Chinese government media.
Recently, the State Department protested the refusal of the Communist Party’s main newspaper, the People’s Daily, to publish an op-ed by Ambassador Terry Branstad. The paper replied that the article did not meet its editorial standards.
Tensions over trade, technology and many other issues between China and the United States are expanding into diplomacy and the media. Moreover, the US ordered the closure of the Chinese Consulate in Houston in July, and China responded by ordering the closure of the US Consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu. The policy was a double blow because of the mission’s key role in monitoring activity in the restive Tibetan region of the Himalayas.
The US has also limited the number of Chinese nationals working for state media in the US, which has led to the effective expulsion of 60 reporters, and has reduced visa lengths for others from one year to three months. That has brought renewed pressure on US media in China, and Beijing has postponed credential renewal for some of their journalists pending a positive response from Washington.
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