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Visa Denial: US-China Tensions Escalate

Tensions escalate as the United States administration issued new visa rules to restrict travel by members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and their families in the country. The new policy statement issued on Dec. 3, 2020, limits the maximum duration of B1/B2 non-immigrant business and tourist visas to one month, down from 10 years.  ...

Michael Segarty

Airport flight information.

Trump Admin: No Rush to Sign Deal With China Before 2020 Election

U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross have indicated that Washington has no deadline for a trade deal with China, with the president saying that it could wait until after the 2020 election.  In London, ahead of a meeting with NATO leaders, Trump told reporters on Dec. 3: “I have no ...

Jack Roberts

President Trump giving a speech outside at the White House.

Pence Criticizes Chinese Regime, Affirms Support for Democratic Values in Policy Address

In a 40-minute speech delivered on Oct. 24, Vice President Mike Pence criticized the communist Chinese authorities for continued violations of human rights and pernicious trade practices, while stressing America’s support for democracy in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Speaking at the Wilson Center in Washington, the vice president expressed regret that the Chinese Communist Party’s ...

Jack Roberts

Vice President Mike Pence.

Los Angeles’s Mass Lynching of Chinese Men and Boys in 1871

October 24, 1871, is the date of Los Angeles’s mass lynching, one of its greatest unsolved murders. During a cool fall night, a violent lynch mob of around 500 people entered Chinatown to attack, rob, and murder at least 18 Chinese men and boys. The events of that night made it the largest mass lynching in American history. ...

Troy Oakes

On October 24, 1871, a violent lynch mob of around 500 entered Chinatown to attack, rob, and murder at least 18 Chinese men and boys.