HONG KONG, Jan 8 — Hugging her boyfriend goodbye, student Yuri Tan was among hundreds excitedly heading north across Hong Kong’s border with mainland China today as pandemic...
HONG KONG, Jan 8 — Hugging her boyfriend goodbye, student Yuri Tan was among hundreds excitedly heading north across Hong Kong’s border with mainland China today as pandemic travel restrictions were mostly lifted, finally allowing separated families to reunite.
China lifted quarantine rules for all international visitors on Sunday, ending almost three years of self-imposed isolation. Chinese student Galen Liu said he had been studying for a doctorate in Europe, making a return home all but impossible until now and leaving him feeling “helpless”. Liu was carrying medicine for family, most of whom he said had been recently infected after China abruptly abandoned its strict zero-Covid strategy.
“It’s inevitable when the restrictions are relaxed. People have to be able to move around or the economy cannot grow. We must treat it more calmly,” she said.
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