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The Chinese began to take away passports
The Chinese authorities demand that school teachers and other public sector workers pass their foreign passports. In the country, control over citizens' trips abroad is intensified, the Financial Times writes .
Information about the seizure of passports was confirmed by an elementary school teacher in one of the cities of Sichuan province. He asked not to name his name. According to him, all teachers and employees of the public sector are required to pass passports. If one of them wants to go abroad, then they will need to submit an application to the City Bureau of Education in advance. “And I don’t think they will approve him,” the teacher shared.
Back in March, the Department of Education of the city of Wenzhou published instructions for trips abroad for teachers and educators of preschool institutions. All of them should pass the passport and register at the border control bureau. The upcoming trip needs to be warned at the place of work. It is forbidden to leave for more than 20 days a year. Violators may forbid to leave China for a period of two to five years.
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Other public sector workers said that the authorities began to limit trips abroad for representatives of other areas. Now restrictions on international travels apply to ordinary employees of schools, universities and municipal authorities. Apparently, in this way, China is trying to fight the spread of foreign spies.
The restrictions affect the employees who have already retired. FT gives an example the story of a 76-year-old man who worked for the State Air Building Company. He retired 10 years ago, but this year his employer still took his passport this year, explaining this to “security considerations”. The pensioner abroad lives a family. Previously, he did not have access to secret information.
Chinese officials and civil servants have already confiscated passports in 2020. Then the authorities explained this by the need to combat the spread of coronavirus. Even then, employees of the Chinese state companies complained that they were limited to trips abroad and prevented them from free to use passports.
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