The Chinese Embassy in Washington issued a travel alert for Chinese nationals traveling to the United States.
The embassy warned Chinese tourists to be wary of issues ranging from costly medical bills, a threat of shootings and public robberies, search and seizure by customs agents, telecommunication fraud to natural disasters.
"The public security of the United States is not good, shootings, robberies, and burglaries are common," the embassy said in a warning published on Thursday on its website.
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"Travelers in the United States should be wary of their surroundings and suspicious people, and avoid going out alone at night."
In addition to additional warnings about the risk of natural disasters, the warning was similar to that issued by the embassy in January.
As is known, US President Donald Trump will impose an additional tariff of $ 34B on products from China on Friday. China then responded by pledging to retaliate with tariffs on US agricultural products and other goods.
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China's Foreign Ministry, when asked on Tuesday whether the warning time was politically motivated, summer is high season for Chinese people travel to the United States and that the Chinese embassy had a duty to warn residents about potential threats abroad.
"This kind of warning from the Chinese embassy in the country concerned, I think this is really a problem that is within the scope of our duty," ministry spokesman Lu Kang told a regular news briefing.
China often issues travel alerts for Chinese nationals abroad, mostly in war-torn regions.
But some foreign governments argue that Beijing is using other means, such as curbing outbound tourism, to tackle political or trade disputes, even though the Chinese government usually denies the issue is related.
China bans all tour groups to South Korea as part of Seoul's decision to install a US air defense system (THAAD) in 2017, which has strong radar, Beijing feared this radar system could penetrate deep down to China territory
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