China tightens travel rules over tech security
Authorities can bar departures for up to 3 years over export-control violations as Beijing links travel rights to industrial and technological security.
- On Tuesday, China implemented new exit regulations targeting citizens deemed a threat to national technology security, restricting travel for personnel in sensitive industries amid intensifying Sino-U.S. rivalry.
- Chinese authorities claim the regulations "safeguard national sovereignty and security" and address "problems" like scams, while denying they restrict "ordinary citizens," though critics say the rules codify previously ad-hoc border control practices.
- Scientific and technical personnel face tighter controls, with new exit bans ranging from six months to three years for citizens who harm national interests, while Taiwanese workers in tech sectors are particularly vulnerable.
- Shen Yu-chung, deputy minister of the Mainland Affairs Council, warned on Monday that the rules "legalise" unfounded border practices, citing concerns over new language on "export control" and "technology import-export management."
- Professor Tom Kellogg, Executive Director of the Center for Asian Law at Georgetown University, called the restrictions "deeply concerning," arguing they reflect "growing ideological control" reminiscent of Mao Zedong's era.
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China imposed strict travel restrictions on its citizens on Tuesday, including travel bans for those believed to pose a threat to the country's “industrial or technological security.”
With the new regulations, the government increases control over the journeys abroad of its citizens. Technology know-how should not flow abroad.
China implemented new immigration management regulations starting on the 15th that allow it to prevent its citizens from leaving the country if they pose a threat to industrial and technological security by violating export controls or technology import/export regulations. According to the "Regulations on Immigration Management," promulgated by the Chinese State Council last July and effective from this day, Chinese citizens export controls
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