{"id":95569,"date":"2019-01-04T13:31:13","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T21:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=95569"},"modified":"2019-01-05T17:00:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T01:00:26","slug":"us-state-dept-ups-travel-warning-on-china-so-how-safe-is-macau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/us-state-dept-ups-travel-warning-on-china-so-how-safe-is-macau\/","title":{"rendered":"US State Department Ups Travel Warning on China, So How Safe is Macau?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US State Department has warned Americans to \u201cexercise increased caution\u201d when traveling to China due to a rise in the arbitrary detention of US citizens by Chinese authorities, amid tense relations between the two superpowers.<\/p>\n

\"Macau\"
The world\u2019s biggest gambling hub is an autonomous special administrative region of China, with its own government, laws, and judicial system. (Image: Billy H.C. Kwok\/Bloomberg)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The warning comes after three US citizens were detained in the country in November, accused — vaguely — of \u201ceconomic crimes.\u201d On Thursday, Global Affairs Canada revealed that 13 Canadians have been arrested in China since the beginning of December, although eight have since been released.<\/p>\n

But this doesn\u2019t necessarily mean North Americans should give Macau and its casinos<\/a> a wide berth.<\/p>\n

Is Macau Part of China?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

While officially part of the People\u2019s Republic of China since its secession from Portugal in 1999, Macau — like its neighbor across the Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong — is a autonomous special administrative region under the \u201cone country, two systems\u201d principle, with its own laws, government, judicial system, free press, and currency. The State Department recognizes Macau as a separate social, political, and diplomatic entity from mainland China.<\/p>\n

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Citizens of Macau and Hong Kong enjoy freedoms that their nominal countrymen on the mainland do not, which have been enshrined in secession agreements with Portugal and Britain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

While there are concerns that Beijing\u2019s power and influence is encroaching<\/a> into Macau — which could potentially erode those freedoms — there is little evidence that Central Government has ever arrested anyone inside Macau or Hong Kong for political reasons, although pro-democracy activists have certainly been detained during trips to the mainland.<\/p>\n

Huawei CFO Arrest and Extradition \u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The escalation of arrests of Americans and Canadians on the mainland is believed to be retaliation for the detention of Meng Wanzhou, the CFO of telecoms giant Huawei, China\u2019s largest private company.<\/p>\n

Meng was arrested by Canadian authorities while transferring planes at Vancouver International Airport, on her way to Mexico from Hong Kong. She was seized on December 1 at the request of US authorities on alleged fraud charges related to Huawei\u2019s alleged business in Iran, in defiance of US trade embargoes. She is currently awaiting extradition to the US.<\/p>\n

The Chinese government warned America of \u201cserious consequences\u201d unless Meng — who is the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei — is released.<\/p>\n

Exit Bans<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The State Department emphasized that US-Chinese citizens or Americans of Chinese heritage are especially vulnerable to arrest on the mainland.<\/p>\n

Dual-citizenship is not recognized under Chinese law and, as such, US-Chinese can be subject to “additional scrutiny and harassment,” the department said.<\/p>\n

“Chinese authorities have asserted broad authority to prohibit US citizens from leaving China by using ‘exit bans,’ sometimes keeping US citizens in China for years,” it added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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