Since becoming China’s top leader ten years ago, General Secretary Xi Jinping has sought to sustain a three-decade effort to reform the defense industry in order to advance the development of defense technology and improve the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) capabilities. Politics, COVID-19, Health Crisis, and TravelĪt a Dead End? China’s Drive to Reform Defense Science and Technology Institutes Stalls Author: Scenes of smiling Thai officials and airport workers greeting the first group of arriving tourists circulated widely in Chinese media. Not only did Thailand decline to impose testing requirements on inbound travelers from the PRC, but several senior Thai government ministers went to the airport to welcome the first planeload of Chinese tourists following the lifting of travel restrictions on January 8 (Guangming Daily, January 17). Thailand, in particular, has been widely celebrated. ![]() In China, official and social media have generally lauded countries that have desisted from testing requirements and opened their doors to Chinese tourists. Governments have responded differently to the situation, with some imposing testing and quarantine requirements and others declining to do so. The combination of the PRC reopening its borders to outbound travel on January 8 and the ongoing pandemic has put countries that are major travel destinations for Chinese nationals in a bind. ![]() Over the past two months, as the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has rapidly rolled back its strict zero-COVID epidemic prevention policy, COVID-19 has spread rapidly throughout the country. Warnings and Welcomes: China’s Reopening and the Politics of International Travel Author:
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