Chinese authorities have barred a U.S. citizen employed by the U.S. Commerce Department’s Patent and Trademark Office from leaving the country, according to multiple media reports. The Chinese American man travelled to China several months ago and has since been subject to an exit ban imposed in Beijing. People familiar with the matter told the Washington Post that the employee failed to disclose his U.S. government position on his Chinese visa application, and that omission is being cited as the reason for the travel restriction. Neither the U.S. Commerce Department nor China’s foreign ministry has publicly commented on the case.
China Blocks U.S. Commerce Department Employee from Leaving the Country •A U.S. citizen working for the Commerce Department’s Patent and Trademark Office has been prevented from leaving China for several months, according to multiple reports.
WaPo: A Chinese American man who works for the Commerce Department and traveled to China several months ago is being prevented from leaving the country after he failed to disclose on his visa application that he worked for the U.S. government, according to four people familiar
China has stopped a US citizen who works for America’s Commerce Department from leaving the nation for several months, according to media reports https://t.co/rW6vY09BSO