Current China Entry policy
Dec 21, 2022, 1:10 pm
#2476
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I think the five ones policy and its downstream derivatives are a much more significant bottleneck than tourist demand.
Dec 22, 2022, 1:25 am
#2478
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I predict that they won't open those floodgates all at once (i.e. I envision a slow drip gradually becoming a modest stream). Of course, the usual caveats about predictions apply; it seems like each and every one of us has been proven dead wrong at least once.
Dec 22, 2022, 7:29 am
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Indeed, looking at how slow CX and CI have been in rebuilding their networks following the reopening in their respective regions, I'm hesitant to believe that the big 3 major Chinese airlines will quickly resume their network 
Hoping by spring things are looking better, but not holding my hopes up.
Hoping by spring things are looking better, but not holding my hopes up.
Dec 22, 2022, 10:44 am
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Indeed, looking at how slow CX and CI have been in rebuilding their networks following the reopening in their respective regions, I'm hesitant to believe that the big 3 major Chinese airlines will quickly resume their network
Hoping by spring things are looking better, but not holding my hopes up.
Hoping by spring things are looking better, but not holding my hopes up.
Dec 23, 2022, 1:37 pm
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Flight levels will not come up until the ability to get visa's and/or the "unsuspending" of existing 10 year visas is the announced
Dec 23, 2022, 2:41 pm
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Dec 24, 2022, 9:51 am
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10 year visas are an USA-only thing anyway.
Just like with other areas, it will take a few months for flights to go up again. And flight prices across the world are WAY higher than they used to be, still.
Just like with other areas, it will take a few months for flights to go up again. And flight prices across the world are WAY higher than they used to be, still.
Dec 24, 2022, 9:58 am
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Dec 24, 2022, 3:09 pm
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Strange, are you sure it's a US only thing? I know British passport holders with a 10 year visa...
Dec 24, 2022, 3:19 pm
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He is 100% wrong. Trust me on this.
Dec 24, 2022, 7:25 pm
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I stand corrected then. Reciprocity it is. Makes sense.
Dec 24, 2022, 7:47 pm
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Dec 25, 2022, 12:36 am
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HK Authorities say expect HK-SZ boarder open around mid-January
https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/c...221224-1346840
https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/c...221224-1346840
Dec 25, 2022, 1:15 am
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HK Authorities say expect HK-SZ boarder open around mid-January
https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/c...221224-1346840
https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/c...221224-1346840