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China vows to protest ‘every single incident’ of mistreatment of Chinese arrivals in US

  • Chinese embassy accuses US border authorities of heavy-handedness, sending back hundreds of Chinese citizens since July 2021
  • The renewed criticism comes a week after presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden agreed to take further steps to expand people-to-people exchanges

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The Chinese embassy in the US has accused the American side of “unjustifiably” sending back nearly 300 Chinese citizens since July 2021, including more than 70 Chinese students that it says had legal and valid travel documents. Photo: AP
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China has taken another, bigger swipe at the US over what it alleges is “increasing” mistreatment of Chinese visitors at the American border, saying it will keep protesting “every single incident”.
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In a statement on Monday, the Chinese embassy in the United States accused the US of “unjustifiably” sending back nearly 300 Chinese citizens since July 2021, including more than 70 Chinese students that it said had legal and valid travel documents.

In one case, a visiting Chinese scholar was detained for 22 hours on arrival at San Francisco International Airport in February before having his visa cancelled. He was deported back to China and banned from entering the US for five years, the embassy said.

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Four US customs officers were said to have interrogated the scholar for 12 hours in the “secondary inspection” area where further interviews are conducted, questioning the traveller’s political background, research field, purpose for visiting the US and funding methods.

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