China to take countermeasures following US visa restrictions on Chinese officials
Beijing, April 1 -- China on Tuesday said that it will take reciprocal countermeasures in response to announcement by the United States of visa restrictions on Chinese officials over access to southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
What the United States has done constitutes gross interference in Xizang affairs, which fall under China's internal affairs, and is a serious violation of international law and the basic norms governing international relations, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at a regular news briefing.
"China is strongly dissatisfied with and firmly opposed to this," Guo said.
He noted that Xizang is open to all, and there has been no restrictions on the entry of foreigners, saying that the region rece...
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