The implementation of revised espionage laws and exit bans in China is posing higher risks for foreign visitors, including professionals, scholars, and business executives. Chinese lawmakers recently adopted a new Counter-Espionage Law that will become effective from July 1, 2023, thereby expanding the definition of espionage, specifying acts like carrying out cyber-attacks and widening the scope of targets for espionage. These laws now allow authorities to access data, electronic equipment, and personal property information, including mobile phones and laptops. Such vague and far-reaching laws now heighten the risks for foreigners in China, especially for those creating, collecting, using, or processing data, including many providers of business services. China’s existing exit ban policy which has been widening sees a large number of people facing exit bans in the absence of transparent official data. Hostage diplomacy is also a tactic employed by Chinese authorities, and sometimes exit bans are used to extract concessions or for arbitrary detention. With increased dangers to foreign visitors, travel advisories must be updated to reflect the current situation.