Daaamn China, what the hell do you think we are, the WHO?
But thank YOU for this, you've just inadvertently saved us a lot of headaches by discouraging travels from the infected end, Mr. Xinnie the Pooh!
China hits back at American ‘coronavirus overreaction’, issue travel warning for U.S
By Shi Jiangtao in Hong Kong/Beijing and Sarah Zheng | 25 Feb, 2020
China has issued a travel warning for the United States, urging its citizens not to travel to the country amid concerns over the
global spread of the coronavirus, a move analysts say will worsen already heightened tensions between the two powers.
The advisory released by China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Monday cautioned travellers not to visit the US due to American’s overreaction to the deadly virus, unfair treatment of Chinese tourists in the US and unspecified uncertainties over its domestic security.
Although it appeared to be a direct response to a similar step by Washington nearly a month ago, experts and industry insiders said Beijing’s move was largely politically motivated and might not have much impact given the harsh travel restrictions already in place.
While more than 60 countries have imposed some form of travel restrictions on people from China and some two dozen countries have evacuated their citizens from Wuhan, the epicentre of the epidemic, Beijing appeared to be particularly offended by the US, which was among the first to act.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi is one of several senior Chinese diplomats who have repeatedly slammed the US over its alleged overreaction, saying that it “set a bad example” for other countries.
Pang Zhongying, a Beijing-based international affairs analyst, said Beijing’s latest move showed China’s strained and sometimes adversarial ties with the US over trade and geopolitics had been further marred by the coronavirus crisis.
“To be fair, it is a symbolic move because even if people might still want to go, the US has already imposed strict travel restrictions on Chinese visitors and suspended regular visa services in mainland China that effectively render such travel plans unfeasible,” Pang said.
Zhao Ma, an associate professor of modern Chinese history and culture at Washington University in St Louis, said Beijing might have overreacted to the US moves, which were largely based on public health concerns over the epidemic.
“It also appears to be using nationalism to divert public attention and mounting criticism towards the Chinese government over the disease control,” Ma said.
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