Washington cast the move as a response to Beijing's restrictions on American diplomats in China. The State Department said it would also take action to help ensure all Chinese embassy and consular social media accounts were "properly identified." "Access for our diplomats in China should be reflective of the access that Chinese diplomats in the United States have, and today's steps will move us substantially in that direction." Pompeo also said the State Department had written recently to the governing boards of US universities alerting them to threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party. Wednesday's US move goes further than one last October requiring Chinese diplomats to give notice of meetings with state and local officials and at educational and research institutions.

Source: bd News24 September 03, 2020 00:56 UTC