A senior diplomat on visa and consular affairs has dismissed a fake online report that claims China will issue a "frequent traveler passport" to grant holders visa-free trips to 141 countries.

签证与领事事务部门官员就有关中国将启用“常旅护照”、持有者可在141个国家享受免签待遇的消息进行辟谣，称此消息为虚假报道。

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The overseas Chinese affairs of the late Qing Dynasty laid a passive and growing foundation for China's consular protection.

晚清的护侨，奠定了中国领事保护的后发型特点。

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Angela Aggeler , a spokesperson for the Bureau of Consular Affairs at the U.S. State Department, agrees that information is everything.

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