The United States banned its government personnel from having romantic or sexual relationships in China with Chinese citizens.
The news of the ban just surfaced. However, the policy was reportedly put in place back in January by President Biden’s ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, just before he left the communist country.
The Associated Press cited four people who allegedly have direct knowledge of the policy, which was more softly enacted in the summer of 2024. The previous rules surrounded American personnel being barred from having “romantic and sexual relations” with Chinese citizens who worked as guards or other support staff at any of the U.S. consulates or the U.S. embassy in China. Burns then expanded the rules in January, reportedly just days before President Trump took office.
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