Originally Posted by
drewguy
Either rich Chinese really wanting to get home or businesses who really want someone on the ground in China to supervise some component of their company.
My mother returned to China last August; we still have elderly family in China and my grandmother was in ill health, so my mother wanted to spend the winter with her.
Originally Posted by
findark
Are there complicated visa reasons why any of the myriad other options connecting in other countries for a fraction of the cost don't work?
For flights to China, as part of the Covid restrictions, you're only allowed to take connecting flights if direct flights don't exist. This means that people in the US, for example, aren't allowed to take a connecting flight into China. The list of requirements to enter the country is quite formidable.