Posted on 03/26/2020 10:44:25 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
China announced Thursday it would temporarily restrict most foreigners from entering the country to prevent further spread of the coronavirus.
The measures go into effect Saturday, March 28, with no given end date, according to a statement from the Chinese foreign ministry.
The country will not allow foreigners to enter even if they hold valid visas or temporary residence permits, including Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation cards.
The policy includes short-term visa holders and foreign tour groups from Hong Kong, Macao, Hainan and Shanghai as well as Association of Southeast Asian Nations tourist groups.
Foreigners seeking to engage in important business, trade, scientific and technological pursuits as well as humanitarian duties can apply for visas from Chinese embassies, and some exemptions will be in place, such as for diplomats.
The statement noted that foreigners who seek entry with visas issued after the announcement will not be affected.
"The suspension is a temporary measure that China is compelled to take in light of the outbreak situation and the practices of other countries," according to the statement. "China will stay in close touch with all sides and properly handle personnel exchanges with the rest of the world under the special circumstances."
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I'm not saying they're hiding anything but to me it looks like they're trying to limit foreigners the flow of news and personal reports from China.
Closed for a little bit of “house cleaning.”
This was alluded to in yesterday’s Trump presser.
Their domestic infections were declining but they were starting to see the virus coming back from outsiders.
Conclusion: Travel restrictions work, and will be in place for some time.
Is Quid Pro Joe going to denounce this as “racist and xenophobic”? It was when Trump did it.
The Communists in China were the origin of this red commie death virus. Then they lied about its origin and lied about how veralyn it was. Now we’re supposed to believe they are some sort of victims? I called major BS.
Does anyone, ANYONE, believe china?
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They don’t want all their virus-shedding countrymen coming back home.
Or they have an out of control flu and they are trying to limit the spread.
Don’t be like the liberal media are with PDJT. According to them, anything he does is wrong; there are always ulterior motives, and he is evil to the bone. Replace the PDJT with China and you have a lot of posters here. The PRC government are less corrupt and have more concern for Chinese citizen than US Democrats have for US citizen. The PRC RIGHT NOW is a freer place than the US if The PIAPS had won the previous election. This is the same measure that other countries have taken.
The Sigmund Freud quote is apropos here: “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.”
I wonder how many REALLY died over there. 100,000? 200,000? Because it sure isn’t “3,291” as absurdly reported.
I would say that they were full of crap from the day people started leaving Wuhan for the Chinese New Year. That not only spread it worldwide it also spread it to every part of China, and the odds of getting something that widespread down to zero cases is zero.
This is to be expected.
Who cares what that POS thinks? He doesn’t even know what century he is in.
Ultimate irony...Mexico and China ban US visitors for fear of disease.
Thus sayeth the country which introduced it to the world . . .
“veralyn”
Don’t know where, don’t know when.
I’d be willing to be that their death rate dwarfs that of the rest of the world.
Does the strike you is rather ironic?
Another question - who the hell would ever want to go to that communist hell hole anyway?
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