We can all visit China now.

I literally cannot wait …. NOT!!!! Another useless ‘gift’ from our useless Government 🤬

I’ve been planning a trip to China for a while but have been waiting until I’m fully retired so that I can go for 3 weeks plus.
The visas are currently very expensive and time consuming to complete so I welcome the change and look forward to my visit.

Most countries don’t need a visa for up to 30 days in China but up to now we in the uk do. I don’t know about HK.

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Most countries don’t need a visa for up to 30 days in China but up to now we in the uk do. I don’t know about HK.

They let us in
And out again!

We do need visas for many countries, including Commonwealth countries, although an ETA will suffice in some places.

For EazyBee, Chump doesn't have a "shrewder idea" of anything much, except getting backhanders from a select group of multi-zillionaires, which button Fox 'News' needs on his TV remote, and perhaps a reliable source of shall we say evening entertainment? (Melania only gets wheeled out for official engagements).

Re China and Visas, THIS PIECE was in the recent Simon Calder/Independent Travel newsletter :-

In the past I have had root canal treatment, and I have applied for a visa to go on holiday to China (though not at the same time). Were I obliged to repeat one or the other, it would be the dental procedure. British travellers to the People’s Republic must complete a devilishly complicated form. They must visit a Chinese visa office in London, Manchester, Belfast or Edinburgh to be fingerprinted. And they must pay upwards of £130. So I welcome yesterday’s announcement from Downing Street that China is finally going to allow visitors from the UK to enter without a visa. That courtesy already extends to around 50 nationalities, including European Union countries, Australia and New Zealand.

As things stand this morning, the easiest way for British travellers to get a brief experience of China is to take the 10-day transit option and pack in some highlights. It works like this: if you fly from the UK to China and have an onward ticket to a third country, you qualify for a 240-hour visa-free transit pass. But the leading tour operator to China, Wendy Wu, believes the visa demand could be lifted as soon as this weekend. “Hopefully, from next Monday, British travellers will be able to go to China visa free,” she told me. “That’s the way China does things.”

Why do you think we have to go round the world as mere supplicants...with a begging bowl? It's because we were given the vote to leave the European Union. And most of those leave votes were racially motivated. With the mantra "we don't want no more foreigners" Well it ain't worked. Perhaps we deserve it.

We've never been stopped from visiting China. My friend is there currently and my aunt was there last year.

Irish passport holders can visit China for 30 days without the requirement of a visa

Many of my friends and family have been to China - problem free. None of them will visit the USA as things stand.
Can't see the problem dealing with China given the state of the world right now. Yes, there are human rights issues - just as there are in many countries, including Saudi Arabia who we greet with open arms. Frankly I'd rather deal with China rather than Israel and the USA right now.
We are out of Europe having lost many of our trading privileges as a result of Brexit. Say anything to challenge Trump and he raises tariffs on us. Right now we need trading partners and China provides the opportunity.