US urged to further facilitate exchanges

Beijing has called on Washington to "further introduce more convenience for facilitating people-to-people exchanges between the two countries", in the latest response to the United States' recent updating of its travel alert on China.

The US State Department on Wednesday changed its travel advisory for China to a Level 2 "exercise increased caution", which is down from a Level 3 "reconsider travel".

The updated advisory also removed the "D" notation, by which the State Department indicates its concern about a risk of wrongful detention for US nationals, and it removed language in the advisory related to wrongful detention.