China, US to relax visa curbs for media workers


BEIJING (China Daily/Asia News Network): China and the United States will permit journalists and other media workers to freely move between both countries on the condition they strictly comply with Covid-19 control protocols.

Sources with the Foreign Ministry told China Daily that easing media visa controls was one of three points agreed between the two sides ahead of Tuesday's virtual meeting between President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden.

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