> "Reconsider travel to Mainland China due to the arbitrary enforcement of local laws, including in relation to exit bans, and the risk of wrongful detentions."
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/...
I doubt that the US will do it for small numbers of citizens, esp. after these travel advisories given. These travel advisories are essentially saying that you're on your own if you get fucked by china, so don't visit there.
The state department has essentially no such general capability beyond negotiation, and in the case of China, specifically, in practice the US government as a whole has little beyond that, too. (They might be able to, if interested, come up with an ad hoc and probably high-risk workaround outside of diplomatic channels if sufficiently motivated and the right confluence of other factors, but I wouldn’t rely on it.)
One would have thought that continuing to pay tax to the motherland despite living overseas would help cover the cost of one's evacuation, but I guess not.
It's pretty much a negotiation. The State Dept can try back channels if they think you've been unfairly denied an exit visa, but other than than, there is nothing they can do.
https://old.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/15kh611/travel_adv...