China’s steep new restrictions on travelers going into and out of the country went into effect on Tuesday, granting the communist regime the ability to ban individuals from leaving the country if they have “endangered national security.”
\n\nThe new rules also grant the Chinese regime the ability to bar nationals from leaving China if they are working in sensitive areas — such as artificial intelligence — in what experts reportedly describe as efforts by dictator Xi Jinping to exert further control over the nation’s tech workers.
\n\nThe now-active restrictions were originally announced by China’s State Council in late July and signed by Chinese Premier Li Qiang. Reuters detailed that the new rules contemplate exit bans ranging from six months to three years on citizens returning to China if they are deemed to have committed a crime or actions that “harm national security or interests.” Foreigners, on the other hand, may be barred from entering China for between one to five years if they make “false statements” on visa applications.
\n\nImmigration experts and analysts explained to the Financial Times that the restrictions will push China back to Mao-era travel limitations that were only loosened by the Chinese regime once it opened…
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