US recommends Americans reconsider traveling to China due to arbitrary law enforcement and exit bans

The U.S. is recommending Americans reconsider traveling to China because of arbitrary law enforcement, exit bans and the risk of wrongful detentions. No specific cases were cited, but a U.S. citizen was sentenced to life in prison in a spying case in May. The advisory also follows the passage last week of a sweeping Foreign Relations Law that threatens countermeasures against those seen as harming China interests. China also recently passed a broadly written counterespionage law that has sent a chill through the foreign business community, as well as a law to sanction foreign critics. The U.S. has issued similar advisories in the past, but those in recent years mainly focused on the risks of being subject to COVID-19 lockdowns.