China Criticizes Recent CBP Check of Chinese Cargo Ship
A spokesperson for China's Foreign Ministry characterized CBP's recent check and boarding of a Hong Kong-registered Chinese cargo ship, Zhenhua 28, as "unreasonable." The search amounted to "harassment by US law enforcement in Jacksonville, Florida," the spokesperson said, alleging that…
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some crew members' personal electronic devices were seized. The U.S. has "harassed Chinese nationals" due to their Communist Party membership -- a "stark manifestation" of a Cold War mentality that the spokesperson condemned. The ministry called for the checks, done in the name of national security, to stop being used "as a pretext to thwart and undermine people-to-people and cultural exchange and economic and trade cooperation between our two countries." CBP didn't comment.