Edmund Thomas Downie (L) receives his long-term visa from Ruan Ping, Consul General at the Chinese Embassy in the U.S., 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) |