US fails to understand anti-terror duties: China state media

Beijing

US President Donald Trump's order temporarily banning visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries shows that his administration does not understand its counterterrorism duties, Chinese state media said on Wednesday.

Mr Trump's Jan 27 order, which he says is necessary for national security, sought to bar entry by travellers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days, and by all refugees for 120 days, except for refugees from Syria, who face an indefinite ban.

The move, which sparked protests and chaos at US and overseas airports, has been suspended by a federal judge in Seattle and is now under intense scrutiny from a US federal appeals court questioning whether it unfairly targeted people over their reli…