Fox News: US bans romantic and sexual relationships with Chinese citizens for government employees in China

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US bans romantic and sexual relationships with Chinese citizens for government employees in China

The U.S. government implemented a new policy in January that bans government employees in China from having romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens.......                    ...                        ...The You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login banned employees and personnel in China from having romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens.......According to the Associated Press, four sources said that former U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns put the policy into place before leaving his post.......A watered-down version of the new policy was tested in summer 2024, which banned U.S. government employees in China from having "romantic and sexual relations" with Chinese citizens who were employed as support staff and guards at five consulates in China as well as the U.S. embassy.......Burns expanded that policy to cover all You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login just days before President Trump took office.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The policy was announced to American government staff located in China in January, but hasn't been announced publicly.......Two people with knowledge of the new policy told the Associated Press that it was implemented after several members of Congress reached out to Burns and voiced worries that there wasn't a policy in place that restricted such relationships with Chinese citizens.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Individuals who violate the policy will be forced to leave China.......The policy doesn't apply to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login located outside of China.......The Chinese government employs a similar policy for overseas personnel, barring them from having sexual or romantic relationships with foreign citizens.......The Associated Press contributed to this report....

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