China's new visa-free policy applauded by Europeans

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Many Europeans have applauded the latest policy of the Chinese government to allow visa-free entry for passport holders from Spain, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Malaysia.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 China has recently announced to implement a unilateral visa-free policy for ordinary

00:05 passport holders from France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia on a trial

00:11 basis.

00:12 From December 1, 2023 to November 30, 2024, holders of ordinary passports from the above

00:20 six countries may enter China visa-free for business, tourism, visiting relatives and

00:26 friends and transit for no more than 15 days.

00:30 The measure, aiming at promoting people-to-people exchanges and serving high-quality development

00:35 and high-level opening up, has been applauded by Europeans from various walks of life.

00:40 "I think it's a very good measure.

00:44 It simplifies things for short stays."

00:48 "It's very important for tourism, to encourage cultural exchanges, etc.

00:54 It's really positive."

00:56 "The different facets, between the city and the country, and in general the politics,

01:03 you can always convince yourself of that, also because they just said, because of the visa

01:09 requirement, that it has now been lifted."

01:11 "I would love to have a long trip, not just visit one or two cities, but maybe stay longer

01:18 in this way, you can see all the different cities and villages all around the country."

01:24 "China has always been a focus country.

01:28 It has always been one of the countries that has been present in our internationalization

01:33 plans, because we have considered it one of the countries with more potential, not just

01:38 because of the technologies that are already being developed in our country, but because

01:43 our companies have to be present in some way."

01:47 In short, China's visa-free policy is laudable and represents a significant step towards

01:54 global collaboration and understanding.

01:57 Such as an extension would not only benefit a lauded cohort of travelers, but also mark

02:04 a significant stride towards a more inclusive and cooperative international community.

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