{"id":55344,"date":"2021-11-19T11:18:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T05:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/ahead-of-summit-u-s-deported-chinese-nationals-and-china-let-an-american-leave\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T11:18:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T05:48:24","slug":"ahead-of-summit-u-s-deported-chinese-nationals-and-china-let-an-american-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/ahead-of-summit-u-s-deported-chinese-nationals-and-china-let-an-american-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahead of Summit, U.S. Deported Chinese Nationals, and China Let an American Leave"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">Shortly before President Biden and China\u2019s leader, Xi Jinping, met for a virtual summit this week, the United States sent seven Chinese nationals who had been convicted of crimes back to China, and Beijing lifted an exit ban on an American citizen who had been blocked from leaving for four years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">One of the Chinese nationals who was repatriated was a woman who had been convicted in 2019 of trespassing after she had entered former President Donald J. Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago resort with a cache of electronics, according to a senior administration official. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomatic affairs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">China\u2019s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">The moves came less than two months after the United States reached an agreement to allow Meng Wanzhou, a senior executive at the Chinese tech giant Huawei, to return home after a nearly three-year diplomatic standoff. China reciprocated within hours, releasing two Canadians whom it had held since shortly after Ms. Meng was arrested in Canada.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">Two American siblings who had been blocked from leaving China for more than three years were also allowed to return to the United States. The siblings \u2014 Victor Liu, a student at Georgetown University, and Cynthia Liu, a consultant at McKinsey &amp; Company \u2014 had never been accused of wrongdoing in China. But their father, Liu Changming, a former executive at a Chinese bank, was wanted by the Chinese police for his role in a fraud case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">The exit ban on Mr. Liu\u2019s children was seen as a way to pressure Mr. Liu to return to China and turn himself in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">The series of diplomatic actions appeared to have been intended to cool tensions between the two governments, which have become increasingly confrontational on trade, technology, human rights, the future of Taiwan and other issues. At their video summit this week, Mr. Biden and Mr. Xi reached no breakthrough accords, agreeing only on the need to prevent frictions from escalating into all-out conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">The American who was allowed to leave China this month, Daniel Hsu, has not been convicted of any crimes in China. Mr. Hsu <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/asia-pacific-china-weekend-reads-shanghai-wa-state-wire-0f2999a39280d13c5e220e8a4b8d30cb\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">told The Associated Press<\/a> last year that the Chinese authorities blocked him and his wife from returning to their home in Washington State in August 2017, in what Mr. Hsu said was an apparent attempt to convince his father to return to China and face embezzlement charges. Mr. Hsu\u2019s father, Xu Weiming, denies the charges, The A.P. reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">Mr. Hsu\u2019s return to the United States was <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/exclusive-american-barred-leaving-china-returned-us-before-biden-xi-meeting-2021-11-18\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reported earlier by Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">The State Department has been <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/traveladvisories\/traveladvisories\/china-travel-advisory.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">warning Americans<\/a> who are considering travel to China of the risk of \u201carbitrary detention and exit bans.\u201d In most cases, the department says, U.S. citizens only become aware of an exit ban when they try to leave China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">One of the Chinese nationals whom the United States sent back to China last Friday is Yujing Zhang, a businesswoman who talked her way into Mr. Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago club in 2019. After Ms. Zhang was questioned by the Secret Service, agents found that she was carrying four cellphones, a laptop and an external hard drive. They found an additional trove of gear in her room in a different hotel.<\/p>\n<section role=\"complementary\" class=\"css-14gh6yt\" aria-label=\"Understand U.S.-China Relations\">\n<h2 class=\"css-ba3d02\">Understand U.S.-China Relations<\/h2>\n<hr\/>\n<div id=\"storyline-context-container\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Card 1 of 6<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-scrolled-index=\"0\" class=\"swiper css-1goft0b\">\n<div class=\"css-1vt1os1\" aria-hidden=\"false\">\n<div class=\"css-1f5t7xj\" data-testid=\"context-card\">\n<p class=\"itemClass\"><strong>A tense era in U.S.-China ties.<!-- --> <\/strong><span>The two powers are profoundly at odds as they jockey for influence beyond their own shores, compete in technology and maneuver for military advantages. Here\u2019s what to know about the main fronts\u00a0in U.S.-China relations:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1vt1os1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"css-1f5t7xj\" data-testid=\"context-card\">\n<p class=\"itemClass\"><strong>Pacific dominance.<!-- --> <\/strong><span>As China has built up its military presence, the U.S. has sought to widen its alliances in the region. A major potential flash point is Taiwan, the democratic island that the Communist Party regards as Chinese territory. Should the U.S. intervene there, it could reshape the regional order.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1vt1os1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"css-1f5t7xj\" data-testid=\"context-card\">\n<p class=\"itemClass\"><strong>Trade.<!-- --> <\/strong><span>The trade war started by the Trump administration is technically on pause. But the Biden administration has continued to protest China\u2019s economic policies\u00a0and impose tariffs on Chinese goods, signaling no thaw in trade relations.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1vt1os1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"css-1f5t7xj\" data-testid=\"context-card\">\n<p class=\"itemClass\"><strong>Technology.<!-- --> <\/strong><span>Internet giants have mostly been shut out of China, but plenty of U.S. tech companies\u00a0still do big business there, raising cybersecurity concerns\u00a0in Washington. Mr. Xi has said China needs to achieve technological \u201cself-reliance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">The incident exposed holes in Mr. Trump\u2019s security apparatus. But Ms. Zhang\u2019s trial in Fort Lauderdale, at the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, did not attempt to address whether she had been engaging in espionage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">The Miami Herald <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/article255814231.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reported this month<\/a> that Ms. Zhang finished serving her eight-month sentence in late 2019 but was held in immigration custody for much longer thereafter because of \u201cdeportation delays\u201d related to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">China\u2019s foreign ministry this week also announced the repatriation from the United States of Xu Guojun, a former bank executive who had fled China two decades ago after being accused of corruption and embezzlement. A federal jury in Las Vegas found Mr. Xu guilty of conspiracy charges in 2008.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">The Chinese foreign ministry <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fmprc.gov.cn\/mfa_eng\/xwfw_665399\/s2510_665401\/2511_665403\/t1919201.shtml\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">hailed Mr. Xu\u2019s return<\/a> to China as a \u201cmajor achievement\u201d in the authorities\u2019 20-year pursuit of justice in the case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly before President Biden and China\u2019s leader, Xi Jinping, met for a virtual summit this week, the United States sent seven Chinese nationals who had been convicted of crimes back to China, and Beijing lifted an exit ban on an American citizen who had been blocked from leaving for four years. 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