China Pushes Back at Outbound Tourism Restrictions
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- China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman told the media that many foreign nations had responded warmly to the country’s newly relaxed Covid-19 regulations.
- The Macau government said that, as of this Sunday, they will officially end all quarantine requirements for all nationalities entering Macau.
- Vietnam said its tourism sector raked in about US$408.3 million in revenue during the three-day 2023 New Year holiday.
China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman told the media that many foreign nations had responded warmly to the country’s newly relaxed Covid-19 regulations. Some countries were also said to have reacted to Beijing’s decision to ease its own health policies with ‘disproportionate’ and ‘unacceptable’ restrictions. The Chinese government threatened to retaliate after the United States and other nations reinforced their coronavirus-related entry procedures for visitors arriving from China. The spokeswoman said they do not believe the entry restriction measures some countries have taken against China are science-based. They said this as numerous media reports suggested China is greatly underreporting the number of Covid cases and severity, particularly the number of deaths. China did not say how they will retaliate but previously accused Western nations of attempting to ‘sabotage China’s three years of Covid-19 control efforts and attack the country’s syste
