Senior officials from the U.S. and Chinese governments met and agreed to continue dialogue and cooperation regarding measures against drugs, which have become a social problem in the United States. However, in the talks, the Chinese side appears to be seeking improvements in the way it treats Chinese students, as well as seeking a certain amount of return for cooperation.
According to China's state-run Xinhua News Agency, Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong, who oversees China's police force, and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas met in Vienna, Austria, on the 18th.
At the meeting, discussions were held regarding countermeasures against drugs such as fentanyl, which is used as a medical painkiller in the United States and whose overdose has become a social problem, and both sides agreed to continue dialogue and cooperation. about it.
However, during the meeting, Public Security Minister Wang
also called for an end to
unprovoked harassment of Chinese students and an end to restrictions on visa issuance for Chinese related organizations and employees.
While China is demonstrating an aggressive stance toward anti-drug measures, it appears to be seeking a certain amount in return from the United States.
In the United States, smuggling of fentanyl using raw materials manufactured in China has been occurring one after another, and at the U.S.-China summit meeting last November, it was agreed to establish a working group to discuss countermeasures against manufacturing and smuggling. A meeting was held in Beijing.