Originally Posted by
uanj
From a PR perspective, nothing China projects today indicates it is a country that welcomes foreign visitors while other countries are actively marketing to overseas tourists.
The lack of interest in China tourism from the US-aligned west is a direct result of the trade/tech war and an aspect of decoupling. The saturation of negative China coverage in Five Eyes media that started in 2018 when the trade war started accomplished its intended effect.
China's reactions do not help, of course, but China did not start the decoupling.