New U.S. Visa Rules Prompt Scrutiny of CCP Members The Pudong district of Shanghai, May 2018 (Franck Michel, https://flic.kr/p/PCRxyZ; CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/). On Dec. 2, the State Department issued new restrictions on travel visas for members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and their families. All CCP members will be restricted to single-entry visas, which are valid for a month. By contrast, other Chinese citizens may obtain multiple-entry visas that can last up to 10 years. Even before the announcement, U.S. border officials had reportedly begun questioning Chinese airline crews and sailors—sometimes for hours—about whether or not they had CCP membership. Asked about the investigations, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said, “We urge the U.S. side to immediately stop the erroneous acts, stop stoking ideological antagonism, and stop unjustified crack-down on China. If the U.S. side insists on escalating its provocative actions, China will certainly take countermeasures.”