Beijing threatens response to ‘unacceptable’ Covid measures imposed on Chinese travelers Jan. 3, 2023, 7:42 AM EST By Associated Press The Chinese government blasted Covid-19 testing requirements imposed on passengers from China and threatened countermeasures against countries involved, which include the U.S. and several European nations. “We believe that the entry restrictions adopted by some countries targeting China lack scientific basis, and some excessive practices are even more unacceptable,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a daily briefing Tuesday. “We are firmly opposed to attempts to manipulate the Covid measures for political purposes and will take countermeasures based on the principle of reciprocity,” she said. The comments were China’s sharpest to date on the issue. Australia and Canada this week joined a growing list of countries requiring travelers from China to take a Covid-19 test prior to boarding their flight, as China battles a nationwide outbreak of the coronavirus after abruptly easing restrictions that were in place for much of the pandemic. Other countries including the U.S., U.K., India, Japan and several European nations have announced tougher Covid-19 measures on travelers from China amid concerns over a lack of data on infections in China and fears of the possibility that new variants may emerge. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne defended the tests. Starting Wednesday, anyone flying from China to France will have to present a negative virus test taken within the previous 48 hours and be subject to random testing on arrival. “We are in our role, my government is in its role, protecting the French,” Borne said Tuesday on France-Info radio. The U.K. will require that passengers from China take a Covid test before boarding the plane from Thursday. Transport Secretary Mark Harper said the requirement is for “collecting information” because Beijing isn’t sharing coronavirus data. Health officials will test a sample of passengers when they arrive in the U.K., but no quarantine is required for those who test positive, he said. “The policy for arrivals from China is primarily about collecting information that the Chinese government is not sharing with the international community,” Harper told the LBC radio station on Tuesday. Sweden’s Public Health Agency said Tuesday that it had urged the government to require travelers from China to present a recent negative Covid-19 test. The statement from the agency comes as Sweden, which has taken over EU’s rotating presidency, has called a meeting of the E.U.’s crisis management mechanism for Wednesday in Brussels, where travel restrictions will be discussed with the aim of agreeing on a common line. The Swedish government “is preparing to be able to introduce travel restrictions. At the same time, we are conducting a dialogue with our European colleagues to get the same rules as possible in the E.U.,” Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer said in a statement. Chinese health officials said last week that they had submitted data to GISAID, a global platform for sharing coronavirus data. The versions of the virus fueling infections in China “closely resemble” those that have been seen in different parts of the world between July and December, GISAID said Monday. Dr. Gagandeep Kang, who studies viruses in the Christian Medical College of Vellore in India, said that the information from China, albeit limited, seemed to suggest that “the pattern was holding” and that there wasn’t any sign of a worrisome variant emerging. Mao, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said that health authorities had recently held a video conference with the WHO to exchange views on the current Covid situation, medical treatment, vaccination and other technical issues, and agreed to continue technical exchanges to help end the pandemic as soon as possible. A senior Hong Kong official also criticized the steps taken by some other countries. Some countries have applied the requirements to passengers from Hong Kong and Macao, both semiautonomous Chinese territories, as well as mainland China. Hong Kong Chief Secretary Eric Chan said in a Facebook post that the government had written to various consulates on Monday to express its concerns over the “unnecessary and inappropriate” rules. Some Canadian experts have questioned the effectiveness of the testing. Kerry Bowman, assistant professor at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine, said that people can test positive long after entering the country. The requirement is “not based on science at this point,” he said after Canada announced measures last weekend. China, which for most of the pandemic adopted a “zero-Covid” strategy that imposed harsh restrictions aimed at stamping out the virus, abruptly eased those measures in December. Chinese authorities previously said that from Jan. 8, overseas travelers would no longer need to quarantine upon arriving in China, paving the way for Chinese residents to travel.
Jan. 3, 2023, 7:42 AM EST By Associated Press
The Chinese government blasted Covid-19 testing requirements imposed on passengers from China and threatened countermeasures against countries involved, which include the U.S. and several European nations. “We believe that the entry restrictions adopted by some countries targeting China lack scientific basis, and some excessive practices are even more unacceptable,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a daily briefing Tuesday.
“We are firmly opposed to attempts to manipulate the Covid measures for political purposes and will take countermeasures based on the principle of reciprocity,” she said. The comments were China’s sharpest to date on the issue. Australia and Canada this week joined a growing list of countries requiring travelers from China to take a Covid-19 test prior to boarding their flight, as China battles a nationwide outbreak of the coronavirus after abruptly easing restrictions that were in place for much of the pandemic.
Other countries including the U.S., U.K., India, Japan and several European nations have announced tougher Covid-19 measures on travelers from China amid concerns over a lack of data on infections in China and fears of the possibility that new variants may emerge.
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne defended the tests. Starting Wednesday, anyone flying from China to France will have to present a negative virus test taken within the previous 48 hours and be subject to random testing on arrival. “We are in our role, my government is in its role, protecting the French,” Borne said Tuesday on France-Info radio.
The U.K. will require that passengers from China take a Covid test before boarding the plane from Thursday. Transport Secretary Mark Harper said the requirement is for “collecting information” because Beijing isn’t sharing coronavirus data. Health officials will test a sample of passengers when they arrive in the U.K., but no quarantine is required for those who test positive, he said.
“The policy for arrivals from China is primarily about collecting information that the Chinese government is not sharing with the international community,” Harper told the LBC radio station on Tuesday.
Sweden’s Public Health Agency said Tuesday that it had urged the government to require travelers from China to present a recent negative Covid-19 test.
The statement from the agency comes as Sweden, which has taken over EU’s rotating presidency, has called a meeting of the E.U.’s crisis management mechanism for Wednesday in Brussels, where travel restrictions will be discussed with the aim of agreeing on a common line.
The Swedish government “is preparing to be able to introduce travel restrictions. At the same time, we are conducting a dialogue with our European colleagues to get the same rules as possible in the E.U.,” Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer said in a statement.
Chinese health officials said last week that they had submitted data to GISAID, a global platform for sharing coronavirus data. The versions of the virus fueling infections in China “closely resemble” those that have been seen in different parts of the world between July and December, GISAID said Monday. Dr. Gagandeep Kang, who studies viruses in the Christian Medical College of Vellore in India, said that the information from China, albeit limited, seemed to suggest that “the pattern was holding” and that there wasn’t any sign of a worrisome variant emerging.
Mao, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said that health authorities had recently held a video conference with the WHO to exchange views on the current Covid situation, medical treatment, vaccination and other technical issues, and agreed to continue technical exchanges to help end the pandemic as soon as possible. A senior Hong Kong official also criticized the steps taken by some other countries. Some countries have applied the requirements to passengers from Hong Kong and Macao, both semiautonomous Chinese territories, as well as mainland China.
Hong Kong Chief Secretary Eric Chan said in a Facebook post that the government had written to various consulates on Monday to express its concerns over the “unnecessary and inappropriate” rules.
Some Canadian experts have questioned the effectiveness of the testing. Kerry Bowman, assistant professor at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine, said that people can test positive long after entering the country.
The requirement is “not based on science at this point,” he said after Canada announced measures last weekend. China, which for most of the pandemic adopted a “zero-Covid” strategy that imposed harsh restrictions aimed at stamping out the virus, abruptly eased those measures in December. Chinese authorities previously said that from Jan. 8, overseas travelers would no longer need to quarantine upon arriving in China, paving the way for Chinese residents to travel.
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谢谢你党不带我玩，那是我的福气。
要说不要脸，你党称第二，还真没有人敢称第一
笑死，拥护共党的有个共同点就是说话都像胡同大妈骂街，我怀疑他们都是使馆官员的农村老婆
把这段话里的“你国”和“我国”交换一下更符合实际情况
🛋️ 沙发板凳
好奇中国政府在国际上天天一副泼妇撒泼打滚的德行，他们自己很享受吗？
这一波波的，又蛮横又愚蠢，不可理喻
其實十年觀光證 應該要退錢或是延期的 三年一個政策都沒有
哈，大妈有这么大能量？
从国家角度的确是小孩打架，从个人角度也能是灭顶之灾，这几年多少人没赶上见父母最后一面
怎么个反制报复？以美国为例，即使1月8号以后，去中国也要48小时核酸，这也就是来美国的要求，甚至美国的要求更低，抗原也可以，还能怎么反制？也许只能反制朝鲜和摩洛哥吧，禁止入境。
继续隔离和熔断政策？
好奇对朝鲜的政策，有人知道吗？
这不是互相伤害，这是我可以拿刀捅，你不能拿个牙签
什么意思？美国除了对中国有核算要求，对别的国家有吗？ 如果没有，不叫区别对待，不叫歧视吗？
印度厉害的时候也有要求的
我也多么希望这个是，fake news . 国家政府可以不要继续如此精分了，给海外华人的形象抹黑了吗？ 太无语了。🥲
再说，这是美国一个国家吗？国家交往和人交往一样也是相互的，不是一个人想怎么样就怎么样，我家你就不能来，你家我就要去，不然你就歧视我。
啥，说他们是战狼都是侮辱了狼 简直就是一群猪脑子加驴脾气的，急了就会瞎踢两下吓唬吓唬人
同希望是假的
对别的国家没有反制吗？ anyway，现在中美关系回不到奥巴马时代了，谁挑的头？当初贸易战时，中国都快跪了，特朗普政府不断出尔反尔不停地挑战底线。中国后来彻底认清了，关系回不到以前了，哪怕拜登政府上台。
卡的就是海外华人，外国人不让去中国就不去呗，也不是非去不可
醒醒，大统领下台很久了，也回不来了。中国的皇帝就快万岁万岁万万岁了
针对中国出台防疫无效的政策，居然还有人觉得很好。潜台词就是别地的变种再流行也没事，中国的变种就不行，全球大流行都赖中国了。等着身边出现歧视backlash,就知道后果了。
意外吗?英国总领事光天化日揪头发打人 ,一个大老爷们,跟泼妇一样, 丢人丢到全世界.
这根本两回事好吗 不管是皇帝还是总统，做决定又不完全是他们，都有智囊团反复研究推算的。当然trump是例外。
法国，英国要抽查从中国来的乘客。这个抽查可以有猫腻，比如只查中国人。还有就是，英国说中国隐藏新冠数据，他们要收集中国的covid 资料。中国对这个肯定不爽。
中国也可以报复搞抽查，专查歪果仁。这样做，别的国家也没办法。
但是英国谴责中国隐藏数据是有根据的。那个covid 数据库里面，美国提供了2M+ 的数据，英国提供了1M+ 的数据。中国至今只提供了1500不到，说是99.8% 和你们的病毒一样。当然人家要怀疑你是不是有新变种。
中国大使馆当时出钱给川普助选呢，各地租直升机拉横幅，华人支持川普。。，。hou hou h w
你幼儿园小朋友么？还在幻想中美关系恢复？以前日本挑战到美国经济地位时，美国整治日本手软过吗？日本那还是没有意识形态对立的友邦国家。。。中美两国甜蜜交好期早已成过去式，现在中美就是经济上竞争，政治上对立，哪个政府上台都不可能改变的事实。。。
你的意思是皇帝的智囊团背锅，皇帝是无辜的
你和弱智腐女较什么劲啊
放心，查不到外国人的，现在能去中国的只有中国人和曾经是中国籍，对外国人的旅游签证已经停了3年了。
就是认清了回不去了啊，美国中国很多政策针锋相对不难理解了。
我的意思是所有政策不是一拍脑门的，现在中美关系这样，是一步步走过来的，回不去了，大家习惯吧。
跟大妈没法讲政治，都是感情用事的白痴
印度护照也比墙国的强
美华不光是没落下什么好，基本人权都没有了。
英国是要测序的 关键是大家不相信墙国的数据
那个拉标付的是台巴子吧
他们看到你难受就享受了。就像这个网上的五毛，整天给海华泼脏水，给海华扣帽子，他们就是享受呢。
你看，说来就来了。
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同羡慕
等等看，消息是否确实，如果是真的，那就实在有点无聊了，一个国家的政府不能这样没格调
还有自己隐瞒数据，然后大呼小叫怪别人不信任你？
别的国家阳厉害了也有，脸总要要的
Trump有啥例外的？还不是滚蛋了，谁敢让皇帝滚？只敢跪
当时有川粉组织者，不是湾湾，就是拿了大使馆的钱，后来号召各地都去拉辐，那时觉得希拉里不好对付，想让川普上台。
我就从来都讨厌那些要change的人，好好的社会，你好我好大家都很不错的时候，选个建制派，不管哪个党的，继续保持不好吗？ 非得弄出来奥巴马 川普这样的。
应该中国台湾省的
垃圾政府，那里的奴隶也没权力做任何决定不是。
马上有人给你扣高华的帽子
按你话来看，貌似朝鲜孤立中国最坚决啊
”中国外交部发言人表示，卫生部门近日与世卫组织召开视频会议，就当前疫情形势、医疗救治、疫苗接种等技术问题交换意见，同意继续开展技术交流，助力尽早结束疫情
这个楼里的轮子真多。。“
先读一下新闻再喷， 不行吗
不仅有轮子，还有被轮子洗脑的大妈。。。
偷换概念。 以前是疫区到非疫区，限制可以理解。现在都是疫区了，所以对等是可以理解的。
混淆概念。 疫区也可以有不同的病毒造成疫情。 现在中国的病毒变异之类的信息根本不披露，难道美国和其他的地方还要像当初那样冒险？
发言人毛泽东？！ 😄 爹妈名字取得真好。
既然都是疫区了，为什么现在去中国也还是需要阴性证明（就像别国要求它一样）？
别介，自恨大娘最好跟厉害国划清界限，别骂着还“咱，咱”的
他们可能不知道别的国家现在即使对来自中国的旅客入境有要求，也不比中国对一切入境旅客的要求高。
外交部发言人毛宁也被你说成是轮子了？你反华了
我贴的是美联社报道和解读，外交部网站上不写得清清楚楚？
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/fyrbt_673021/202301/t20230103_11000238.shtml
《中国日报》 记者：近期，中方宣布将对新型冠状病毒感染实施乙类乙管，并出台中外人员往来暂行措施。很多国家对此表示欢迎，但有一些国家这几日开始对来自中国的旅客采取临时防疫措施，包括入境后检测、对阳性人员进行隔离等。请问中方对此有何评论？ 毛宁：中方发布中外人员往来暂行措施后，不少国家反响热烈，我们对此表示赞赏，将继续因应疫情形势，不断优化调整防控措施，为中外人员安全健康有序往来创造更好条件，更好保障对外交流合作。 关于对中国旅客采取临时防疫措施的问题，前几天我的同事在记者会上已经作出过回应。我愿再次表明中方态度。我们愿同国际社会加强沟通，共同努力战胜疫情，同时也认为部分国家采取仅针对中国的入境限制措施缺乏科学依据，一些过度做法更让人不能接受。我们对试图操弄疫情防控措施以达到政治目的的做法表示坚决反对，将针对不同情况本着对等原则采取相应措施。
一尊听大妈的开放而不听你们的，你难道不委屈吗？还这么爱着一尊得有多自恨啊？