Customs clearance between Hong Kong and the Mainland began on January 8. Just as China was withdrawing restrictions on foreign countries, the United States and the West began to impose restrictions on China.
I didn’t want to look too politically at foreign countries’ epidemic prevention and control measures for Chinese tourists. But when the U.S. and the West have successively announced control measures, the pace is so consistent, and the transition is so rapid, it really has to be viewed as more political.
The latest chapter is that the EU “strongly encourages” member states to require passengers arriving from China to show negative test certificates before departure. The pace of the United States and the West towards China tends to be the same.
First, the four-eye alliance turns obviously. The Anglo-Saxon countries headed by the United States have a Five Eyes alliance. This time the epidemic control measures adopted once morest China, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada followed the United States. Starting from January 5, passengers from China are required to have a nucleic acid test within 48 hours. The test proved that New Zealand, as always, refused to join the anti-China actions of the Five Eyes Alliance, and did not impose restrictions on Chinese tourists.
Second, the turning process is abrupt. When the “Four-Eyes Alliance” took concerted action, the transition process between the UK and Australia was very abrupt, and they switched at regarding the same time – December 30th and 31st. Prior to this, both the British and Australian governments had stated that no special control measures were required for travelers from China. Health experts from the UK and Australia felt that the relevant measures were useless, and they all pointed out that if the measures were to prevent the influx of variant viruses from China, the XBB. Cases, if you want to beware, you should guard once morest the United States, not China. But a day or two later, the British and Australian governments switched to setting restrictions one following another, and the switching process was abrupt.
Third, Big Brother’s invisible hand. The actions of the “Four-Eyes Alliance”, especially when they began to require nucleic acid testing for passengers from China on January 5, are completely consistent with the actions of the United States. It is suspected that they are the masterpieces of American directors. After the “Four Eyes Alliance” took action, the European Union followed suit.
Fourth, the country’s fight once morest the epidemic has no cover. The most unreasonable thing regarding the restrictions imposed by the United States and Western countries on Chinese tourists is that these countries are completely flat at home and have no anti-epidemic measures at all. They now claim to restrict Chinese tourists to prevent imported mutant viruses, but in fact they will not help control the local epidemic at all, because they have no intention of controlling the epidemic at all.
A friend just came back from the UK. She was not diagnosed in Hong Kong, but she was diagnosed as soon as she went to the UK. She said that in theaters, stadiums, trains, subways, restaurants, hotels, and churches in London, people were seen coughing everywhere, and no one paid attention to them at all, and no one wore a mask. Friends criticized the UK for “I really don’t know what to say, and said that they are afraid that Chinese tourists will infect them.”
I think these actions once morest Chinese tourists are false in epidemic prevention and true in stigmatizing China.
During the New Year period in mainland China, many big cities are already crowded with people, fireworks are coming once more, and the consumption atmosphere following the epidemic is strong. Since Western countries headed by the United States make political decisions to cause trouble for Chinese tourists, China can launch a “post-epidemic domestic consumption campaign” and advise citizens not to travel to countries in the region that impose restrictions on Chinese tourists unless necessary. Consumption in the Mainland stimulates the local economy.
The first wave of retaliatory consumption following the epidemic has the strongest consumption power. If the citizens mainly stay in the country, it will be of great benefit to the country’s economic recovery following the epidemic.
Since people want to target us, why should we make fun of ourselves?
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