Originally Posted by
narvik
Yikes!
I mean, this news seems to be retaliatory action; from what I can tell. China had their reasons for suspension pretty clearly laid out:
"Don't fly a plane full of Covid-19 positive passengers to China, and you can continue to fly (at a reduced rate)."
As harsh and annoying as that strategy may be, I tend to agree here with "
Liu Pengyu, a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington," who "
said Friday the policy for international passenger flights entering China has “been applied equally to Chinese and foreign airlines in a fair, open and transparent way.": 4 out of the nine flights that were recently suspended
WERE Chinese carrier flights.
This appears as if the two opposing parties are of unequal intellect, and the USA being the unreasonable one here, IMO.
Complete bull. Hey why don't we have an identical policy for the US except let's have a group that is majority owned by AA, DL, and UA do the testing,
and have the power to suspend CA, MU, and CZ flights based on the results of those tests. What could possibly go wrong here?!? Because look at who owns a majority stake in CA, CZ, and MU.
Originally Posted by
travelinmanS
Schools in the USA rely on the money Chinese students bring in to fund many things that benefit American students and teachers at those schools.
Zero Covid is 100% political at this point but I don’t think cutting off your nose to spite your face is a good response for the USA.
You know how much money the US has spent fighting COVID-19? What fraction of that money would have to be directed to universities to make up for the "lost" revenue? 1%?