The man, a U.S. citizen, is barred from leaving China by the Ministry of State Security, the country’s main intelligence and counterintelligence agency.
The Commerce Department employee is one of a handful of Americans barred by China from leaving the country, in a shadowy practice called an “exit ban” that the Chinese government has used for years.
The man, a U.S. citizen, is barred from leaving China by the Ministry of State Security, the country’s main intelligence and counterintelligence agency.
The Commerce Department employee is one of a handful of Americans barred by China from leaving the country, in a shadowy practice called an “exit ban” that the Chinese government has used for years.