Originally Posted by
UA_Flyer
I am sure China will relax its travel, qurantine, restriction policies etc, including the visa policy. Things cannot stay the same.
The issue is timing and to the degree the policy will change. There are many expats and locals who build and invest their careers on globalization and China being big part of globalization.
Unfortinately time is not infinite, people have obligations and responsibilities to themselves and families, and also not many have 3 to 5 years ( we are already in year 3 of Covid)to wait around to let their career and businesses sitting in uncertainty. I am sure things wiell recover eventually (geopolitics permitting), but I have to move on instead of waiting. I will be happy to see everyone who has invested in their career in China prosper once it is all over and see geopolitics is not longer an issue on a long term. My best wishes to everyone in this thread who all have stakes in China,
I don't think things will stay exactly the same because they are clearly taking baby steps in the right direction, and they certainly care about their economy (e.g. citizens who can't eat tend to be unhappy). That having been said, the self-reliance policies predate Covid by several years. For example, pre-X, it was fairly common for people to visit China on business visas and effectively work in their companies' China offices, denying tax revenues as a result. X put the breaks on this practice with remarkable efficacy. Then, look at all of the private (mostly ESL) schools that were booted. The main argument there was that these schools and training centers provided an unfair advantage to wealthy families. However, the result was obviously fewer foreigners. This actually seems to have been pretty well-received among rank and file citizens