Covid-19: China opens its borders, the conditions for return are very tight

All passengers coming from overseas must pass a Covid-19 test to enter China. RFI / Stéphane Lagarde

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Eight months after the start of the Covid epidemic, China is cautiously opening its borders by gradually allowing Chinese in the diaspora and foreign residents to return. But the conditions of the return remain very limited, to say the least.

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We wait in the bus, while our luggage is sanitized. Travelers who arrived earlier wait in the backyard ... pic.twitter.com/HnhpLTpROo

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