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Beijing Warns Travel Ban on CPP Members Would Put US at Odds ‘With 1.4 Billion Chinese People’

© AP Photo / Ng Han GuanA state-backed documentary film 'Amazing China' shows the Communist party flag and subtitles in Chinese "In the wind and rain, the voyage is magnificent" at the Beijing Film Academy in Beijing, China.
A state-backed documentary film 'Amazing China' shows the Communist party flag and subtitles in Chinese In the wind and rain, the voyage is magnificent at the Beijing Film Academy in Beijing, China. - Sputnik International
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On Thursday, the New York Times reported that the Trump administration was considering introducing across-the-board travel restrictions against members of China’s Communist Party and their families, with the reported proposal targeting as many as 270 million people.

China’s Foreign Ministry has dismissed the contents of a report suggesting that Washington is preparing to introduce travel restrictions against members of the Chinese Communist Party (CPP), saying the idea as “absurd” if the report is accurate.

“If the report is true, then the US is publicly choosing to be in opposition with 1.4 billion Chinese people,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters at a press briefing on Friday.

“This completely violated the will of the people in the US and China and the trend in the 21st century, and is very absurd,” she added.

The New York Times reported earlier this week that the Trump administration was considering its strongest travel restrictions yet against Chinese nationals, with ‘officials with knowledge’ of the proposal saying the ban may target CPP members and their families.

If implemented, the proposed executive decision would revoke CPP member Chinese nationals’ visas to the US and lead to their expulsion.

In addition to CPP members, the White House is reportedly also considering entry bans for members of China’s military and senior executives of state-owned companies.

NYT stressed that there would be practical and technical challenges in enforcing a travel ban of this size, given that the CPP has over 90.5 million members, and when accounting for families, as many as 270 million people may be affected. An estimated 3 million Chinese nationals are said to visit the US each year.

23rd Secretary of the Army, Mark Esper, left, inspects the troop at Conmy Hall, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va. Friday, Jan. 5, 2018, during a full honor arrival ceremony in his honor. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) - Sputnik International
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US officials have repeatedly singled out China’s Communist Party in Washington’s ongoing spat with Beijing on everything from trade and technology transfers, to Hong Kong, Taiwan, the South China Sea and the coronavirus. Last week, for instance, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Americans to stop downloading the popular Chinese video sharing app TikTok unless they wanted their “private information in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party.”

Late last month, the US slapped travel restrictions on senior CPP officials over Beijing’s alleged ‘evisceration’ of Hong Kong's autonomy.

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