Emily Fang

Some 11,000 U.S.

students were studying in China the year before the pandemic, and now only a few hundred go each year.

Emily Fang, NPR News.

Weeks after China's leader Xi Jinping met with the prime ministers from Canada and the United Kingdom, Beijing is welcoming tourists from those two countries to stay for up to 30 days without a visa.

Beijing has already extended this privilege to dozens of countries, often after hosting diplomatic visits with their leaders.

The United States is notably not among those countries, though a 10-year multiple-entry tourist visa, agreed upon back in 2014 when U.S.-China ties were more tranquil, is still available between both countries.

Travel between the U.S.

and China plummeted during the COVID pandemic, and it's not yet rebounded.

Neither have educational exchanges.

Some 11,000 U.S.

students were studying in China the year before the pandemic, and now only a few hundred go each year.

Emily Fang, NPR News.

In the video, the CIA tries to persuade Chinese citizens that party officials only look out for their own interests.

Asking viewers if they are worried about corruption and want to help their own country.

It says working for the U.S.

would ultimately benefit China.

U.S.

officials have repeatedly accused China of being behind numerous hacking operations against U.S.

businesses and agencies and of collecting data on Americans through unorthodox ways, including through social media platform TikTok.

But U.S.