WASHINGTON: The US Senate has passed a crucial bipartisan legislation that seeks to impose a visa ban on Chinese officials who deny American citizens, government officials and journalists access to Tibet , the Himalayan homeland of the exiled Dalai Lama.‘The Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act’, seeking unhindered access to Tibetan areas to US officials, journalists and common citizens, something which is routinely denied by the Chinese government, was passed by the House of Representatives in September.The legislation, passed unanimously, comes amidst the Trump administration imposing trade import duties on China. The bill now heads to the White House for US President Trump to sign into law. “The act (is) critical legislation based on the principle of reciprocity that has long been missing from our relationship with China,” Senator Marco Rubio said on Tuesda