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Wall Street Journal

China's No-Exit Plan for Foreigners

Chinese President Xi Jinping has been eager to lure American companies to invest in China, but you wouldn't know it from Beijing's latest actions. China is preventing American citizens, including a Commerce Department employee and a Wells Fargo banker, from leaving the country. The detentions, known as 'exit bans,' highlight the continuing risk to American companies of doing business in China. The State Department says it is working to get them released and that it has 'no higher priority than the safety and security of American citizens.' But the Chinese bans have ensnared dozens of foreigners over the years, often with little recourse.