“Against the backdrop of some countries retracting, turning inward, and sidelining international talent, China has keenly seized this important opportunity and promptly introduced this policy,” state newspaper People’s Daily said in a comment piece on Tuesday. In contrast to many other visa categories, the K visa does not require a domestic employer or entity to issue an invitation to the applicant. Across the Atlantic, the US tech industry has been rattled by unexpected changes made by the Trump administration to the H-1B visa procedure. Such visas are widely used by the tech industry, but the new H-1B visa policy now requires a one-time $100,000 fee. The People’s Daily article on Tuesday pushed back at what it called “strange rumours” around the new visa creating “immigration problems” in China.