The US issues a new travel alert on China due to the “arbitrariness” of the Police

July 3 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The United States has issued a new travel alert urging its citizens to “reconsider” any travel to mainland China due to the “arbitrariness” of security forces and the consequent risk of arrest.

The Chinese government “arbitrarily applies the laws and issues deportation orders against citizens of the United States and other countries without a fair and transparent process in accordance with the law,” according to the text of the State Department, collected by the website of the newspaper ‘The Hill’.

Thus, there is a “risk of unjust detention of US citizens” whereby citizens residing in or traveling to the Asian country “may be detained without access to US consular services or information about the crime of which they are accused” and be ” subjected to interrogations and detention without fair and transparent treatment in accordance with the law”.

The alert also warns that the Chinese authorities consider “a wide range of documents such as data or statistics” to be state secrets, which could lead to the opening of an investigation for espionage. They could also be detained or deported for sending private messages critical of the Chinese, Hong Kong or Macao authorities.

On the other hand, Washington warns of “exit bans” that are used to “force individuals to participate in official investigations, pressure relatives to return to China, settle civil disputes on behalf of Chinese citizens, or obtain something with which to negotiate with foreign governments”.

The notice also warns against using drugs before traveling or during trips to China, not to participate in demonstrations, protests or “any other activity that the authorities may interpret as support for secession, subversion, terrorism or collaboration with a foreign country.”

The notice has been published comes a few days after the visit to Beijing by the Secretary of the United States Department of State, Antony Blinken, to reduce tensions between the two countries.

Relations between the two countries have deteriorated in recent months due to trade frictions and international alliances that separate them, and ended up first derailing in August last year, with the visit to Taiwan of the then president of the lower house of the Congress of the United States, Nancy Pelosi, and in February of this year with the demolition by the US Army of an alleged Chinese spy balloon — a meteorological probe, according to Beijing.

During his visit, Blinken assured that the United States does not support the independence of Taiwan and reiterated Washington’s support for the “one China” principle, although he called China’s actions in the Taiwan Strait and the Sea “provocative”. East Chinese.