The Chinese are warning their citizens about travel to the U.S.
> China issued an alert warning its citizens and students of the potential risk of traveling in the U.S. and attending schools there.
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> “Recently, due to the deterioration of China-US economic and trade relations and the domestic security situation in the United States, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism reminds Chinese tourists to fully assess the risks of traveling to the United States and be cautious,” the ministry said in an alert.
Many EU countries have done the same in recent weeks. This is less about putting diplomatic pressure, and more about warning people to avoid traveling to the US due to real danger.
The US government has already been rounding people up who haven’t committed a crime. Most notably a student from Columbia college. This is a real danger.
They've also been shipping people off to a prison in El Salvador without due process and, according to them, no way to bring them back if they send the wrong person.
Avoiding travel to the US right now is a perfectly reasonable decision.
I have a trip to China on Saturday and I'm worried about:
a. Chinese retaliation. I don't think they are going to start arresting Americans, but it might get uncomfortable if I don't have my passport in the subway station.
b. American retaliation. My wife has a greencard, this is actually worrying me more than anything, although as far as I have heard so far, we should be OK.
Trip is still on. I'm really interested in how China has changed since I left 8 years ago.
I don't think you have lived experience to back that up. There are definitely people being turned away at customs in the US, and China has targeted nationals of other countries they have disputes with (e.g. during the Huawei daughter incident and putting two Canadians in jail for two years while she got house arrest in her mansion). And anyways, having your passport in a Beijing subway station is just the way things are now (never was needed before, but they random check all the time before I left in 2016).
There have been people turned away at customs for as long as you have been alive. These are only stories because they're effective at manipulating you into believing the narrative du jour.
Yes, and I've always been the "it could never happen to me" person. But now things are volatile and chaotic. That is elevated risk, and you just shouldn't ignore it.
The citizens of other countries should be concerned too. Even short term plans could end badly for some disruptive measure Trump because whatever, as he did basically every week since he got in charge.
> China issued an alert warning its citizens and students of the potential risk of traveling in the U.S. and attending schools there. > > “Recently, due to the deterioration of China-US economic and trade relations and the domestic security situation in the United States, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism reminds Chinese tourists to fully assess the risks of traveling to the United States and be cautious,” the ministry said in an alert.
Can't blame them honestly