Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian, at a routine briefing, condemned a U.S.
Department of Homeland Security move to shorten permitted stays for student visa
holders and tighten residency limits for foreign media workers. Lin said such
restrictions on people-to-people exchanges are harmful to both sides, called the
measures discriminatory, and said they seriously breach the three media-related
understandings reached by China and the U.S. in 2021 and disrupt Chinese media
operations in the United States. China demands the U.S. immediately rescind the
policy, properly safeguard Chinese journalists’ lawful rights in the U.S., and
reserves the right to take reciprocal countermeasures.
