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 Uni

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.