China, US to ease restrictions on each other's media workers

BEIJING – China and the U.S. person agreed to easiness restrictions connected each other's media workers amid a flimsy easing of tensions betwixt the 2 sides.

The authoritative China Daily paper connected Wednesday said the statement was reached up of Tuesday’s virtual acme betwixt Chinese person Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden.

Under the agreement, the U.S. volition contented one-year multiple-entry visas to Chinese media workers and volition instantly initiate a process to code “duration of status” issues, China Daily said. China volition reciprocate by granting adjacent attraction to U.S. journalists erstwhile the U.S. policies instrumentality effect, and some sides volition contented media visas for caller applicants “based connected applicable laws and regulations," the study said.

In a connection to The Associated Press precocious Tuesday, the State Department said China had committed to issuing visas for a radical of U.S. reporters “provided they are eligible nether each applicable laws and regulations."

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“We volition besides proceed issuing visas to (Chinese) journalists who are different eligible for the visa nether U.S. law," the connection said.

China besides committed to summation the magnitude for which U.S. media visas are valid from the existent 90 days to 1 year.

“On a reciprocal basis, we are committing to summation validity of U.S. visas issued to PRC journalists to 1 twelvemonth arsenic well," the State Department connection said, referring to the People's Republic of China.

Both sides volition besides connection multiple-entry visas, it said.

Limits connected media workers person fueled tensions betwixt the 2 countries for much than a twelvemonth aft the U.S. constricted the fig of visas issued to Chinese authorities media workers and required those remaining to registry arsenic overseas agents, among different changes.

China responded by expelling journalists moving for U.S. outlets and severely restricting conditions for those continuing to enactment successful the country.

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