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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kanis Leung

Former Shanghai bookseller's wife hit with 'exit ban'

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Chinese police have prevented a woman from returning to her home in Florida in an effort to compel her husband to return to China, she wrote in a letter he made public.

The case appears to be the latest example of Chinese authorities placing an “exit ban” on a person’s relatives to pressure them to return.

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