China blocks visas for S’Korea, Japan over COVID-19 restrictions

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China has stopped issuing short-term visas to individuals from South Korea and Japan in retaliation for COVID-19 restrictions on Chinese travellers. Beijing says the pause on South Korean visas will remain in place until “discriminatory” entry restrictions against China are lifted. Japan and South Korea are not the only countries imposing entry requirements on travellers […]

China has stopped issuing short-term visas to individuals from South Korea and Japan in retaliation for COVID-19 restrictions on Chinese travellers. Beijing says the pause on South Korean visas will remain in place until “discriminatory” entry restrictions against China are lifted. Japan and South Korea are not the only countries imposing entry requirements on travellers…

Beijing says the pause on South Korean visas will remain in place until “discriminatory” entry restrictions against China are lifted. Japan, meanwhile, is currently allowing Chinese visitors into the country, provided they test negative for COVID-19. This is similar to the UK and the U.S., but Japan is also restricting flights from China to certain Japanese cities.

Reacting to China’s latest visa restrictions, South Korea’s foreign ministry told the BBC that its policy towards arrivals from China was “in accordance with scientific and objective evidence”.

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