I bet her parents were allowed to leave China, but only if they spied on Americans.
Also...sometimes that’s not made known until after they’re in the states.....then they inform them they will threaten their other family members if they don’t deliver on what they want them to do.
China’s huge on propaganda....so having a reporter in the Whitehouse briefings they can manipulate is worth a big investment...be it they’re willing or unwilling.