{"id":2631287,"date":"2026-07-17T16:50:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T20:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-threatens-countermeasures-after-dhs-cuts-journalists-visa-duration\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T16:54:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T20:54:42","slug":"china-threatens-countermeasures-after-dhs-cuts-journalists-visa-duration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-threatens-countermeasures-after-dhs-cuts-journalists-visa-duration\/","title":{"rendered":"China threatens &#8216;countermeasures&#8217; after DHS cuts journalists&#8217; visa duration"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-threatens-countermeasures-after-dhs-cuts-journalists-visa-duration%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2631287&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Trump governance announced a policy to reduce visa durations for foreign journalists, including Chinese nationals, prompting Beijing to threaten reciprocal actions. Specifically, a new Department of Homeland Security rule replaces the previous \u201cduration of status\u201d system with fixed-term stays, limiting visas to 240 days overall and only 90 days for Chinese journalists. The policy, set to take effect after 60 days, faced criticism from China and organizations advocating press freedom, which argued it hampers journalists&#8217; ability to operate and report freely in the U.S. The Chinese Foreign Ministry called on the U.S. to reverse these \u201cdiscriminatory policies\u201d and warned of potential retaliatory measures. The move revives tensions that began during Trump\u2019s presidency, which had previously restricted Chinese journalists\u2019 visas amid escalating US-China tensions. The Biden administration later eased some restrictions, allowing Chinese journalists to stay up to a year. Homeland Security officials justified the change by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navalnys-doctors-arrested-outside-russian-prison\/\" title=\"Navalny\u2019s doctors arrested outside Russian prison\">citing security concerns<\/a> and the risks associated with the outdated system.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"339\">Trump administration<\/a> on Thursday announced it would shorten visa durations for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"232\">Chinese<\/a> journalists, prompting <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/beijing\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3271\">Beijing<\/a> to threaten reciprocal measures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3083\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a> rule will replace the long-standing \u201cduration of status\u201d system with fixed-term stays, limiting visas for foreign journalists to 240 days and only 90 days for Chinese journalists. The rule will take effect 60 days after its publication in the <em>Federal Register<\/em>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4653758\/china-threat-dhs-cuts-foreign-journalists-visa-duration\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>China threatens \u2018countermeasures\u2019 after DHS cuts foreign journalists\u2019 visa duration<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4651470\/brad-parscale-rejects-jd-vance-claim-israel-undermine-iran-peace-talks\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Brad Parscale pushes back on Vance\u2019s claim of Israeli influence campaign undermining Iran peace talks<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4651218\/rubio-summit-left-wing-terrorism-evil\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Rubio tells international summit on left-wing terrorism: \u2018Time to crush this evil forever\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The change quickly drew criticism from the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.cn\/eng\/xw\/fyrbt\/lxjzh\/202607\/t20260717_11985234.html\">called<\/a> on the United States to reverse what he described as \u201cdiscriminatory policies\u201d targeting Chinese journalists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cChina urges the U.S. to immediately revoke its discriminatory policies targeting Chinese journalists and effectively safeguard their lawful rights and interests in the U.S.,\u201d Lin said at a daily briefing in Beijing. \u201cChina reserves the right to take reciprocal countermeasures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The measure also generated backlash from organizations dedicated to press freedom.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are outraged that the Trump administration has cruelly limited the duration of visas for foreign journalists from a period of up to five years to a fixed eight months,\u201d Reporters Without Borders said in a statement. \u201cThis change destroys international journalists\u2019 ability to report from the U.S. and makes it extremely difficult for international outlets to operate here at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Committee to Protect Journalists said the new visa policy was \u201cthe behavior of a backsliding democracy, not the international vanguard of free speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move revives a policy fight that began during President Donald Trump\u2019s first term. 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