Originally Posted by
sincx
I fear that China may not open up for a long time because of this--not until cases in other countries drop to close to zero. In addition, the CCP may think that making international travel more difficult improves domestic political stability, and they're willing take the hit to the economy.
The Chinese tourism sector was massively tilted towards the outbound side so if anything closing the borders is giving a major economic boost to China as far as tourism is concerned. Of course the same is not true for Australia or NZ and their tourism sectors are struggling for survival.