Beijing Tightens Overseas Travel With Sweeping Exit-Entry Regulation

China issued sweeping new exit-entry regulations that restrict overseas travel for mid-to-senior civil servants, Communist Party cadres, state-owned enterprise staff, and private-sector personnel in sensitive roles; violations can trigger exit bans and fines, signaling travel as a government-privilege rather than a right and tying exit controls to export-control violations as Beijing counters sanctions and guards national security amid geopolitical tech competition.