China rejected the U.S. government’s proposal to tighten visa conditions for students and press, with provisions particularly affecting Chinese journalists, and demanded Washington cease discriminatory practices.

Spokesman Lin Jian stressed at a routine press briefing on Friday that U.S. restrictions on people-to-people exchanges benefit neither side, adding that Beijing reserves the right to adopt reciprocal response measures.

Lin considered the new regulation violates the three consensuses reached between Beijing and Washington in 2021 regarding media issues and seriously affects the normal work of Chinese media in the United States.

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The U.S. government made public Thursday its proposal to tighten visa conditions for students, cultural exchange participants, and journalists, in line with immigration control policies promoted by President Donald Trump since his return to the White House.

The regulation is expected to take effect 60 days after publication, though implementation remains subject to congressional review.

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For the I visa covering media professionals, the proposal establishes a fixed maximum stay of 240 days, reduced to 90 days for journalists of Chinese nationality.

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