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The U.S. government banned employees and personnel in China from having romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens.
According to the Associated Press, four sources said that former U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns put the policy into place before leaving his post.
In the summer of 2024, a toned-down version of the new regulation was trialed, which prohibited U.S. government workers stationed in China from engaging in “romantic and sexual relations” with local Chinese citizens employed as support staff and guards at five consulates in the country, as well as at the U.S. embassy.
Burns expanded that policy to cover all Chinese citizens just days before President Trump took office.
Chinese citizens wait to submit their visa applications at the US Embassy. (MARK RALSTON/AFP/GettyImages)
Individuals who violate the policy will be forced to leave China.
The policy doesn’t apply to U.S. employees located outside of China.
President Xi Jinping of China shared a New Year message in Beijing, through the internet and China Media Group, to mark the start of 2025. (Photo credit: Ju Peng/Xinhua via Getty Images)
Similarly, the Chinese government enforces a comparable rule for its personnel abroad, preventing them from forming romantic or sexual relationships with people of other nationalities.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
