A congresswoman on the House Foreign Affairs Committee is urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to raise China’s travel risk rating, saying Americans should be better informed about the risks of traveling to what she described as a “key adversarial nation.”
Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.) sent a letter to Rubio on Oct. 29, urging the State Department to upgrade its travel advisory for China from Level 2, “Exercise Increased Caution,” to Level 3, “Reconsider Travel.”
In an Oct. 29 statement, Kim said the United States “cannot and will not tolerate a hostile foreign power” treating detained Americans “like pawns to be traded.”
“The Chinese Communist Party continues to use hostage diplomacy as leverage against our country, and Americans considering travel to China deserve a clear, honest assessment of the risks they face. Raising the advisory to Level 3 would deliver exactly that,” Kim said. …