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US Visa Restrictions on China to Pose Test for Biden

Mo Yu

   As tensions between Beijing and Washington have worsened over the past
   year, U.S. officials have tightened visa restrictions, kicking out
   hundreds of Chinese researchers accused of hiding military ties and
   branding some Chinese technology companies security threats.

   While China calls the moves part of a "deep-rooted Cold War mentality,"
   U.S. supporters of the moves see them as a course correction in
   response to Chinese President Xi Jinping's abuse of U.S. policies
   encouraging trade and academic ties.

   The latest measure came last week, when the State Department tightened
   travel visa restrictions on Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members,
   allowing only one-month single-entry visas where 10-year multiple-entry
   visas were previously allowed. U.S. officials said the measure was
   needed to "protect our nation from the CCP's malign influence," while
   the Chinese Foreign Ministry called it "an escalation of political
   suppression by some extreme anti-China forces in the U.S."

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