11.   Spokeswoman Christine Shelly said Monday that Wu had a valid U.S. passport and Chinese visa.

12.   Xinhua reported the two officers applied for Chinese visas saying they wanted to hold consultations at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and at consulates around China.

13.   Xinhua said that in applying for Chinese visas, the two officers said they wanted to hold consultations at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and at consulates around China.

14.   He said that nearly half of the passengers, had been delayed at the border for failure to obtain proper Chinese visas in Hanoi.

15.   The two men had been going into China twice a year with valid Chinese visas to specific places without encountering problems, he said.