China is now warning its citizens against traveling to the United States, citing harassment of Chinese people by American police and a wave of violence that has reportedly hit the United States. The British newspaper writes Financial Times.

China's Foreign Ministry wrote on its official social media feeds on Tuesday that Chinese citizens have recently been subjected to "repeated harassment" by US law enforcement, citing examples such as questioning at entry points and random, surprise visits by law enforcement.

On Tuesday, China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism also issued a travel warning for the United States, warning of a wave of violence in the country.

”Recently, shootings, robberies, and thefts have occurred frequently in the United States,” the department wrote.

The travel warnings follow a shooting in Virginia Beach on Friday that killed 12 people. American embassies and consulates in China flew flags at half-staff, which some Chinese media interpreted as marking the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing.

On Monday, the Chinese government warned the country's students of increasing difficulties in obtaining visas to the United States, and the students' parents were in turn urged to carefully consider the risks their children are taking when traveling to the United States.

The US and China have been embroiled in a trade dispute for some time now, with repercussions in many directions. Last month, the US effectively halted exports to Chinese technology giant Huawei, and Beijing responded by creating a corresponding blacklist of US companies.

In 2018, 3 million Chinese visited the United States and spent just over $36 billion on their travels. This made China the fifth largest visitor country, writes the Financial Times.

Source: News Agency Direkt