WASHINGTON | Di 26 april 2011 11: 58 pm EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters)-the State Department denied a newspaper report on Wednesday that Washington might on a series of Chinese diplomatic snubs to respond by making it more difficult for senior Chinese officials to visa.
"The US is not on the agenda, nor is any such company considering changes in our visa policy in China," State Department spokesman Darragh is a reporter for Paradiso by phone.
"As in other countries, the u.s. Embassy and consulates in China to process visa after strict criteria and in accordance with the US law."
The report appeared in the Financial Times would be two days of Sino-Us talks on human rights in Beijing. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China on Tuesday warned against the use of human rights disputes as "an excuse to interfere in the internal affairs of China".
The Financial Times quoted an official U.S. visa procedures that Washington in response to China's cancellation of bilateral meetings can sharpen. The cancellations to coincide with a crackdown on dissent in China that has drawn criticism from Washington.
"Given the current climate of cancelled meetings and cancelled U.S.-funded programmes in China, we are revising our procedures for the approval of visas for Chinese officials and their families," the unidentified U.S. official said.
The newspaper said that such a measure would overturn a system of accelerated visas for high-ranking officials, executives of State enterprises and children from party leaders, many of whom at the prestigious American universities.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said this month that she was "concerned" about a crackdown on dissent, including the detention of artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei.
Chinese authorities have launched a crackdown to prevent a campaign mirroring of the rebellions in the Arab world.
Human rights groups have denounced moves to jail, or place in secretive informal retention dozens of dissidents, human rights advocates and protesters. Security forces have turned out in force to stop any attempt to stage rallies.
The Financial Times said that Beijing had cancelled academic and cultural programs that are hosted by the United States after outgoing Ambassador Jon Huntsman was photographed in February in the capital where internet sites had called for a demonstration in support of a "jasmine revolution".
It said that the Communist Party had also ordered provincial bosses to cancel meetings with the Ambassador in the past two months.
Hunter is determined to come into the profession on the Chinese authorities to maintain commitments to human rights.
(Reporting by Arshad Mohammed in Washington and Ron Popeski in Singapore)
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