Chu Wenhong would fly back to Shanghai and visit her parents at least once a year after she moved to Singapore in 1994. But she wasn't able to do so in the past three years.
SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI, Jan 13 - Chu Wenhong would fly back to Shanghai and visit her parents at least once a year after she moved to Singapore in 1994.
But Chu snatched a ticket last month to fly back after China announced it would end quarantine on all inbound travellers from Jan.8, marking the final unravelling of the country’s zero-COVID policy. Singapore resident Chu paid 2,264 Singapore dollars for a one way ticket to Shanghai, while a return journey used to cost her around 600 Singapore dollars before the pandemic.
And even for those willing to endure the hotel quarantine, flights were often unavailable or overpriced as Beijing drastically cut the number of inbound flights in a bid to prevent imported COVID-19 cases. Chu said she had missed her parents, her 83-year-old father and 78-year-old mother, and worried about their failing health. Her biggest wish was to spend as much time with them as possible when she goes back this time.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
MLK Day, MATCH Family Fun Day events top family fun picksMLK Day events are everywhere while Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston's Family Fun Day event returns after a two-year hiatus.
Read more »
Indonesia Risks Confrontation With China Over Gas Project in South China SeaAround a remote cluster of islands in the South China Sea, Indonesia is pushing back against Beijing’s expansive claims over the strategic waterway
Read more »
Japan, S. Korea protest China visa stoppage amid COVID spatTOKYO (AP) — Japan and South Korea defended public health restrictions on travelers from China on Wednesday, a day after China stopped issuing new visas in both countries in apparent retaliation. Chinese embassies stopped issuing new visas for South Koreans and Japanese on Tuesday.
Read more »
China imposes transit curbs for S.Korea, Japan in growing COVID spatChina introduced transit curbs for South Korean and Japanese nationals on Wednesday, in an escalating diplomatic spat over COVID-19 curbs that is marring the grand re-opening of the world's second-largest economy after three years of isolation.
Read more »
China clashes with neighbors over Covid after reopening to the worldThe lifting of “zero-Covid” restrictions has accelerated what appears to be China’s worst outbreak of the pandemic. This has prompted its neighbors to impose new travel restrictions, which China has threatened to take countermeasures against.
Read more »
Japan, South Korea protest China visa stoppage amid COVID spatJapan and South Korea defended public health restrictions on travelers from China on Wednesday, a day after China stopped issuing new visas in both countries in apparent retaliation.
Read more »