China suspends issuing visas in Japan, S.Korea to retaliate for COVID curbs

China has ditched mandatory quarantines for arrivals and allowed travel to resume across its border with Hong Kong since Sunday, removing the last major restrictions under the "zero-COVID" regime which it abruptly began dismantling in early December after historic protests against the curbs.

Although China imposes similar testing requirements for all arrivals, foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin told reporters on Tuesday entry curbs for Chinese travellers were "discriminatory" and China would take "reciprocal measures".suspended issuing short-term visas The Chinese embassy in Japan later announced a similar move, saying that the mission and its consulates had suspended the issuing of visas from Tuesday. The embassy statement did not say when they would resume.

Some governments have raised concerns about Beijing's data transparency as international experts predict at least 1 million deaths in China this year. Washington has also raised concerns about future potential mutations of the virus.

Why would Beijing retaliate only against South Korea and Japan on their travelers rules, why not also against the US and other European countries? Seems like Xi's action is only for domestic consumption in order to salvage his CovidZero reputation.

We are not out of woods w/CoVID whether we like it or not! An outbreak can affect thousands& continue to spread in waves. Severity depends on who is& who’s NOT up to date w/vaccine. It’s exhausting but wear mask, stay home if ill, & test! Get free kits now bf Rs close funding!

Would have made more sense to say, “see what happened? You guys demanded we open, so we did, now look at the numbers.”

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The bad Japanese and South Korean government, which shut Chinese tourists into concentration camps without any daily necessities.

Tit for tat is a fair game

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