>>6671561
>>6671527
Interesting. So China is typically pretty good at making up excuses/covers for their actions. So whenever they give a reason for doing something it can't always be taken at face value (though there is always the probability), and there are usually other motives. Travel bans are typically done in two scenarios:
1) Danger to citizens within that population is too high. However, even in acts of terrorist or extreme danger, countries usually escalate from travel advisories, to warnings, to bans. I haven't dug into it, but I don't recall seeing anything about travel warnings from China to the US.
2) There is an imminent threat to citizens due to military intervention. This is often times used in one of two ways; the first is to either clear out citizens immediately before an attack (leaving the enemy minimal time to adjust or prepare), and the second is as a feint (making your enemy think you will attack in order to measure response times or strategic placement of assets).
Observing a lot of China's recent threats, mainly against Taiwan and Japan, nothing came from their otherwise fiery rhetoric. It is highly likely that China is attempting to feint the US into reacting, much in the same way their neighbor North Korea did to some success in the past to force the US's hand.
My opinion? China is losing the trade war handedly, and they are trying to pull out all the usual stops to get the US to react the way they want us to. However, like North Korea, they will probably learn the hard way that the old rulebook doesn't apply to this new version of the US.
Other possibilities / Courses of Action:
-Most Likely: China is trying to coax a reaction out of the US.
-Most Dangerous: China is preparing a first strike on US soil. (Also most unlikely for a number of reasons)
-Tertiary: China has reasonable intelligence that something dangerous is imminent in the US. (Some whispers on the internet may indicate this happening, but I have not seen enough credible indicators for me to elevate this to most likely)