Trump (L) and China’s President Xi Jinping leave a business leaders
event at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9,
2017. NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)
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The United States on Monday eased its warning against
travel to China, acknowledging that the nation had made progress
against Covid-19 despite frequent US criticism of its pandemic
role.
The State Department still urges Americans to reconsider travel
to China, but it upgraded its advice from a blanket warning not to
go to the country.
The People’s Republic of China “has resumed most business
operations (including day cares and schools),” the State Department
said.
“Other improved conditions have been reported within the PRC,”
it said.
The State Department separately still cautioned US citizens
about the risk of arbitrary arrest in China, including in Hong Kong
as Beijing enforces a tough new security law.
The updated travel advice comes a week after China declared
victory over the virus as President Xi Jinping decorated medical
professionals in a triumphant ceremony.
China’s propaganda machine has sought to reframe Covid-19 as an
example of the state’s agile leadership against the global pandemic
that emerged in the country.
President Donald Trump’s administration has frequently lashed
out at China and blamed it for Covid-19, news of which was
initially suppressed when cases were first reported in the city of
Wuhan.
Trump, who faces elections in less than two months, has faced
heavy criticism for his handling of the health crisis in the United
States, which has suffered the highest death toll of any
country.
AFP
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