China’s choosing to make visiting the country easier comes at a perfect time to score a soft power victory as the US pulls up the drawbridge
I wanted to experience the new opening up for myself. I was also keen to revisit China amid reports of its increasing authoritarianism. In 2023, Rishi Sunak, then Britain’s prime minister, had warned that China was “increasingly authoritarian at home and assertive abroad” and labelled it a threat to the British way of life. Government advice for British nationals travelling to China warned of the risk of arbitrary detention.
China set to open its borders to foreign tourists for the first time since Covid-19 pandemic
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