Current China Entry policy
Apr 22, 2022 | 11:30 pm
#1801
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The door to HK is still wide-open. As HK just announced its own reopening to non-residents starting 1 May, that provides another avenue for those who want to enter China. Obviously an extra 7 days of quarantine in HK as well as flight ban uncertainties need to be factored in.
(Unless one can already enter China and wants to save on the flight cost in return for additional quarantine time+money expense in HK).
Apr 23, 2022 | 1:49 am
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If they keep the current one PCR test needed rule to enter the mainland from HK, then this is a good option for those looking to save money.
Apr 23, 2022 | 2:03 am
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If that's the actual process, forget HK and hope Taiwan opens with no quarantine in July.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/34173381-post314.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/34173381-post314.html
Apr 23, 2022 | 6:31 am
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If the HK quarantine is only 7 days I could see this being a viable option for someone who wants to avoid paying $9000 for an economy class ticket and $600 of pre flight testing plus a weeks worth of hotels at the departure city.
If they keep the current one PCR test needed rule to enter the mainland from HK, then this is a good option for those looking to save money.
If they keep the current one PCR test needed rule to enter the mainland from HK, then this is a good option for those looking to save money.
Apr 23, 2022 | 9:51 am
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It seems they limit foreigners by the visa rules mostly and limit Chinese nationals by the flight rules. Most flights coming to China are filled with mainly returning Chinese citizens I would gather at the moment. So maybe they wont bother with the foreigner ban from HK, who knows anything these days.
Apr 23, 2022 | 12:04 pm
#1806
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"The message is quite clear. China wants to shut itself off from the world. I hate this since I’ve based my career and life here for the last 20+ years, but it’s a reality I’m beginning to accept.”
Don’t know if you’ve seen this but an economist I follow...the short version is economic growth in China has shifted from exponential to messaging about “common prosperity”. Reading common prosperity as a significant downgrade, harsh lockdowns are a way to abruptly downshift societal expectations
https://alhambrapartners.com/2022/04...began-in-2017/
Don’t know if you’ve seen this but an economist I follow...the short version is economic growth in China has shifted from exponential to messaging about “common prosperity”. Reading common prosperity as a significant downgrade, harsh lockdowns are a way to abruptly downshift societal expectations
https://alhambrapartners.com/2022/04...began-in-2017/
Apr 23, 2022 | 8:51 pm
#1807
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It's hard to see how HK can be treated worse than Taiwan.
Apr 23, 2022 | 8:54 pm
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Apr 24, 2022 | 9:39 am
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I'm hearing that case counts in Beijing are increasing. Do people think that there is a risk of an imminent lock down?
Apr 24, 2022 | 10:04 am
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Not sure why they're refusing to understand how Omicron works, but this for sure will turn worse and worse and worse if they don't change their approach to it.
Apr 24, 2022 | 6:50 pm
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Whatever they do it's going to get worse and worse. They do not have the ability to implement the level of lockdown required to stomp it out, all they're accomplishing now is killing people and creating an awful mess in a futile effort to prevent the inevitable.
Apr 24, 2022 | 9:42 pm
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This morning lines in Beijing were long both for testing and to buy food in the supermarkets.
Apr 25, 2022 | 3:37 am
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Get out while you still can. My biggest regret is not pulling the trigger on the PVG-SFO flight I had as a backup on March 31. I thought, how bad could it be? Now on day 25 of lockdown and its much worse than I ever thought.
Apr 25, 2022 | 7:17 am
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Apr 25, 2022 | 7:21 am
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