US State Department is updating its travel advisory to alert Americans of the risk of being detained arbitrarily under Chinese law.

The US State Department has added a “wrongful detention” warning to its travel advisory for China, alerting Americans to the risk of being detained arbitrarily under Chinese law. On Monday, the official China travel advisory added the “D” risk indicator for wrongful detention, while maintaining the country’s overall advisory level at Level 2, or “Exercise Increased Caution”. The advisory urges Americans travelling to mainland China to exercise caution due to the “arbitrary enforcement of local…

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  • chloroken@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    The United States has just 5% of the world’s population, but holds 20% of the world’s prisoners.

    The idea the US would lecture about other countries’ detention practices is hypocritical and embarrassing.