China's Zero-Covid Policy Shows Cracks at Beijing Airport
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- Beijing’s International Airport and Daxing Airport have dropped the requirement for a negative Covid-19 test result to enter their terminals.
- Hotels on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali are booked solid for the Christmas and New Year period.
- The Kyushu Tourism Organization in Japan sent us a press release on their expected new resorts and hotels opening in 2023.
Zero-Covid in China is definitely on life support as, despite a continuing steady stream of new cases, Beijing’s International Airport and Daxing Airport have dropped the requirement for a negative Covid-19 test result to enter their terminals. While some will say President Xi has blinked after the recent protests, financial markets around the world had the heads up on this over a month ago. Over in Macau a cluster of cases that may have been started by a cab driver has not resulted in the closing of casinos or banishment of residents to their homes even though many in that cluster spent time in casinos, hotels, restaurants and bars in the city. The slow process of China reopening has officially begun and it is about time.
According to the South China Morning Post, even without the Chinese, hotels on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali are booked solid for the Christmas and New Year period. The article said Airbnb named Bali as the world’s mos
