US and China agree to relax restrictions on journalist visas following Biden-Xi meeting
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The United States and China have agreed to relax visa restrictions on each other's journalists, according to a US State Department official. The deal addresses one source of contention in strained bilateral ties following a lengthy virtual meeting between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping on Monday.
Under the agreement, the two governments will increase the validity of journalist visas to one year from the current three months. The authorities will also make such visas eligible for multiple entries, allowing reporters to travel internationally.
The People's Republic of China has committed to allowing American journalists who are already in the country to "freely depart and return, which they had previously been unable to do," the State Department official said Tuesday. "We plan to facilitate similar treatment."