Facing a changing security landscape, #Taiwan is restructuring our military, extending conscription & upgrading training. On the frontlines of democracy's defense, we are actively taking steps to uphold our nation's sovereignty, values & interest in regional peace & stability. pic.twitter.com/h1oXnNwChu
Pesident Tsai Ing-wen @iingwen announced on Tuesday that #Taiwanese men born after Jan. 1, 2005 will need to serve a 1-year military service starting in 2024. pic.twitter.com/57FkVTAQOi
Facing a changing security landscape, #Taiwan is restructuring our military, extending conscription & upgrading training. On the frontlines of democracy's defense, we are actively taking steps to uphold our nation's sovereignty, values & interest in regional peace & stability. pic.twitter.com/h1oXnNwChu
Pesident Tsai Ing-wen @iingwen announced on Tuesday that #Taiwanese men born after Jan. 1, 2005 will need to serve a 1-year military service starting in 2024. pic.twitter.com/57FkVTAQOi
Just because you learned about it yesterday doesn’t mean that it’s new. This has always been a thing. Here’s a compilation of people passing out at the gym, uploaded in 2018. Took 10 seconds to find. Yet anti-vaxxers can’t be bothered. https://t.co/0oALOXpogrpic.twitter.com/jdjU2tuh5o
South Korean authorities have designated China a 'target quarantine country’: travelers from China will be screened with a fever criterion of 37.3 DegC (normally it’s 37.5).
This won’t be popular among the China Hands…But with China in a full blown outbreak, maybe it’s not a bad idea to freeze Chinese travel to the US until we see what shakes out. – https://t.co/KmeTN7dtgc
Regions/countries on the top 10 list must get ready and brace for the wave of incoming travelers from China. If you take no action and run out of medications or face a surge in COVID cases later on, you have no one but yourself to blame… https://t.co/SqIkXJWhgN
China to end quarantine for inbound arrivals, restart outbound tourism in "orderly manner". Major move towards formal end of zero covid & ending China's 3 yrs of isolation. Part of broader policy that downgrades covid management to a less infectious disease @wolfblitzerpic.twitter.com/EcR2QDtkY3
But this is such a huge sigh of relief for so many people who have just been waiting & waiting to go abroad or see loved ones overseas. Finally, there's a light at the end of the tunnel
China will be scrapping quarantine for incoming travelers from Jan 8. China's National Health Commission just announced it's downgrading covid to "Category B management". Before, it was category A, putting it on par w/ bubonic plague/cholera. https://t.co/j1ud6HEHwNpic.twitter.com/RtxIdDCU4L
As #covid cases surge across #China, the Chinese government decides it’s the right time to reopen their borders – after almost three years cut off from the rest of the world. Chatting with @samanthaTVnews about the situation there on @BBCWorldpic.twitter.com/nTBuYXt7bp
China’s decision to cease quarantine for inbound travellers from 8 January fuels hopes for the revival of the world’s second-largest economy
Chinese people, cut off from the rest of the world for three years by Covid-19 curbs, flocked to travel sites ahead of borders reopening, even as rising infections further strained the health system and hurt the economy.
Data from travel platform Ctrip showed that within half an hour of the news, searches for popular cross-border destinations had increased 10-fold. Macau, Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand, South Korea were the most sought-after, Ctrip said.
Data from another platform, Qunar, showed that within 15 minutes of the news, searches for international flights jumped seven-fold, with Thailand, Japan and South Korea at the top of the list.
China’s management of Covid will also be downgraded to the less strict Category B from the current top-level Category A from 8 January, the health authority said. The change means authorities will no longer be compelled to quarantine patients and their close contacts and lock down regions.
