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The strictest border controls in the world but now that china is finally opening up and cases here are surging, well, other countries are getting nervous. so in addition to the u.s., so far japan, india, japan, taiwan and italy have all put covid testing requirements in place. in fact, taiwan and japan said if the traveler from china tests positive for covid upon arrival theyll have to quarantine for several days. now, the big concern from countries like the u.s. is a lack of data from china tha...

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Response to potential travel restrictions from the states, china essentially defended its covid policy, accused some western media for hyping up its policy change and urged countries to work together, so, the countrys foreign ministry spokesperson said, quote, china has always believed the measures taken to prevent the epidemic should be scientific and moderate and not effect normal people to people exchanges. the irony here is that since the very start of the pandemic, chinas had some of the st...

Countrys nearly three years of isolation. china is dropping quarantine for all international arrivals from january 8th and promising to gradually restart outbound tourism for citizens. inbound travelers need to get a 48 hour negative covid test before boarding but dropped all the cumbersome requirements. to understand why the changes are such a big deal we have to look at what the reality has been in china during the pandemic. the country has been severely limiting who can go in and out of the c...

And i hope he will be okay. >> reporter: on chinese social media, people have been sharing everything they lost during three years of border controls while they were stuck out of ce news of my fathercouldnt go b him for the last time. another writes, because of the pandemic, i didnt even know that my grandthat passed away. and i heard it from my mother a month later. this ends chinas ban on nonessential travel for chinese citizens. its exciting news for potential travelers, but at home the count...

Were out in front in beijing. can you tell us about all these change? >> this is huge. the changes are in major move towards formally dismantling zero covid and the country is scrapping the quarantine arrivals. to understand why this is such a big deal, with very to look at where china has been. the country has been severely limited, who can go in and out of the country with district border controls. nights are very limited and expensive. all the arrival has to go through garn teen in government...

I lost several of my family members during the pandemic. i lost my beloved golden retriever. i feel like i lost everything. >> reporter: how is your family doing in china? >> almost everyone got covid. and they are suffering. my grandpa give me a video call, i cry so badly. at that moment, i dont know if i will get a chance to see him. he just got covid and i hope he will be okay. >> reporter: on chinese social media, people have been sharing everything theyve lost during three years of border c...

Has been severely limiting who can go in and out of china, with strict border controls, flights have been very limited and expensive, all arrivals had to go through quarantine in government facilities. i went through multiple quarantines myself including 21 days earlier this year. these are hard quarantines. no opening your door except for food pickups and covid tests. a lot remains unclear. we dont know how many flights will be allowed to enter the country or how easily chinese nationals will b...

Dismantling what was left of it and dismantling chinas nearly three years of isolation. on january 8th, the country is dropping quarantine requirements for all international arrivals. china has been severely limiting who can go in and out of china with strict border controls. flights have been very limited and expensive. all arrivals have to go through quarantine in government facilities. i went through one myself, including 21 days this year. were talking about harsh quarantines. no opening for...

Government had been braced for disruption as a week-long strike by 1,000 passport staff at six airports began