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From
the US State Department's Travel Advisory website:
Exercise increased caution in
China due to arbitrary enforcement of local laws as well as
special restrictions on dual U.S.-Chinese nationals.Chinese authorities have asserted
broad authority to prohibit U.S. citizens from leaving China by using
‘exit bans,’ sometimes keeping U.S. citizens in China for
years. China uses exit bans coercively:
- to
compel U.S. citizens to participate in Chinese government
investigations,
- to
lure individuals back to China from abroad, and
- to aid Chinese authorities
in resolving civil disputes in favor of Chinese parties.
In most cases, U.S. citizens only
become aware of the exit ban when they attempt to depart China, and
there is no method to find out how long the ban may continue. U.S.
citizens under exit bans have been harassed and threatened.
U.S. citizens may be detained
without access to U.S. consular services or information about their
alleged crime. U.S. citizens may be subjected to prolonged
interrogations and extended detention for reasons related to “state
security.” Security personnel may detain and/or deport U.S.
citizens for sending private electronic messages critical of the
Chinese government.
Extra security measures, such as
security checks and increased levels of police presence, are common
in the Xinjiang Uighur and Tibet Autonomous Regions. Authorities may
impose curfews and travel restrictions on short notice.
China does not recognize dual
nationality. U.S.-Chinese citizens and U.S. citizens of Chinese
heritage may be subject to additional scrutiny and harassment, and
China may prevent the U.S. Embassy from providing consular services.
Hmm.
If the Chinese on Earth would do this to foreign nationals in their
country, why would not sovereign planetary governments do this to
Travellers?
Here are some simple rules for adjudicating the PC's
entry or exit into a world.
In the OTU, this may be handled
differently. I wrote these rules for my ATU, in particular for
Holtzmann's Corridor, where there is no Imperial government sitting
atop the locals telling them what to do.