schizoidman@lemmy.zip to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoChina confirms visa-free travel for UK and Canadian nationalswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up1183file-text
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British and Canadian nationals will be able to travel to mainland China for up to 30 days without a visa from 17 February.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 days agoIts just to generate good press
minus-squareArghblarg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoYeah. No way in hell I’d willingly set foot in China, why risk being kidnapped on fake charges and held as a political pawn for some future trade to hand them back one of their spiesbusiness execs?
minus-squarebonsai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoDoes China do that? Thought that was primarily a Russia thing
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_of_Michael_Spavor_and_Michael_Kovrig
minus-squarefortnitefinn@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoCan’t have a thread about China without FUD.
minus-squareArghblarg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoWhoohoo, look at all those downvotes! Somebody doesn’t like the reminders about the two Mikes, huh?
Its just to generate good press
Yeah. No way in hell I’d willingly set foot in China, why risk being kidnapped on fake charges and held as a political pawn for some future trade to hand them back one of their spiesbusiness execs?
Does China do that? Thought that was primarily a Russia thing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_of_Michael_Spavor_and_Michael_Kovrig
Can’t have a thread about China without FUD.
Whoohoo, look at all those downvotes! Somebody doesn’t like the reminders about the two Mikes, huh?