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The United States government has prohibited employees and officials in China, as well as family members and contractors with security clearances, from having romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens.
According to the Associated Press, former U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns initiated the policy before leaving his post.
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From the Associated Press:
Though some U.S. agencies already had strict rules on such relationships, a blanket “non-fraternization” policy, as it is known, has been unheard of publicly since the Cold War. It’s not uncommon for American diplomats in other countries to date locals and even marry them.
A more limited version of the policy was enacted last summer prohibiting U.S. personnel from “romantic and sexual relations” with Chinese citizens working as guards and other support staff at the U.S. Embassy and five consulates in China. But Burns, the departing ambassador, broadened it to a blanket ban on such relations with any Chinese citizen in China in January, days before President Donald Trump took office. The AP was unable to determine exactly how the policy defined the phrase “romantic or sexual relationship.”
Two of the people with knowledge of the ban told the AP the new policy was first discussed last summer after members of Congress contacted Burns to express concern that restrictions on such relationships were not stringent enough. The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party did not respond to a request for comment.
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Fox News reports:
Individuals who violate the policy will be forced to leave China.
The policy doesn’t apply to U.S. employees located outside of China.
The Chinese government employs a similar policy for overseas personnel, barring them from having sexual or romantic relationships with foreign citizens.