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China is now visa-free for Europeans: Take a high-speed train to futuristic cities and fabulous food (www.euronews.com)

submitted 6 months ago by yogthos@lemmygrad.ml to c/worldnews@lemmygrad.ml

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[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

An interesting question is which side didn't want to have visa free travel. Entirely possible that the Russian government didn't want to make travel to China too easy.

[–] LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It should be noted that Russia isn't marinated in sinophobic propaganda like Europe is. If combating that is part of the reason for increasing European visitors then it makes more sense.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 6 months ago

I agree, nothing cuts through the propaganda like people actually visiting and seeing the country with their own eyes. I wonder if this might also cause brain drain from Europe as economic situation continues to deteriorate.