It is said that while the Chinese authorities are carrying out Corona 19 tests on arrivals from Korea as announced, they are only testing foreigners such as Koreans, excluding Chinese nationals.
Chinese quarantine authorities conducted a PCR test on passengers boarding a Korean-bound airliner that entered Yanji, Nanjing, and Hangzhou this morning (the 1st).
Chinese quarantine authorities divided passengers by nationality and did not test Chinese nationals, but only foreign nationals, including Koreans.
China, which abolished all PCR tests for entrants from overseas early last month, decided to specifically test only entrants from Korea, which is interpreted as a corresponding measure for Korea to conduct tests on entrants from China.
Currently, Korea is conducting a PCR test for entrants from China, regardless of nationality.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Maoning said in a regular briefing yesterday, "It is regrettable that individual countries still insist on discriminatory entry restrictions against China. China is resolutely opposed to this and has reasons to take necessary equal measures." revealed.
Earlier, considering the spread of COVID-19 in China, the Korean government stopped issuing short-term visas to Korea from diplomatic missions in China from the 2nd of last month, except for purposes such as diplomatic and official affairs, essential business operations, and humanitarian reasons. We request a negative corona test result and conduct a PCR test after entering the country.
In response, the Chinese government stopped issuing short-term visas for Koreans to China and excluded Korea from the transit visa waiver program.
Since then, the Korean government has recently decided to extend visa restrictions for Chinese until February 28, and China has come up with an additional measure called corona inspection for entrants from Korea.
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