BEIJING—The United States has rejected Chinese accusations of using the withholding of visas as a weapon following the reported inability of a top Chinese space program official to obtain permission to travel to a major conference in Washington.
State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement that the United States rejects the Chinese foreign ministry’s “unfounded and baseless characterization” of U.S. visa policies toward China following the dispute over this week’s International Astronautical Congress.
