Edmund Thomas Downie shows his visa to the press after becoming the first American citizen to be issued a ten-year visa at the Visa Department of the Chinese Embassy to the United States in Washington D.C., Nov. 12, 2014. China issued the first-ever group of visas with ten-year validity to U.S. citizens here on Wednesday, implementing a new agreement that is expected to boost exchange between the two countries. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu) |