The Wall Street Journal reports that China is placing travel restrictions on foreigners because they believe that foreigners will bring new infections of the coronavirus to China.
Firstly, who wants to travel to China?
Are foreigners not supposed to be the ones afraid of going to China?
China Tightens Screening of Travelers
Fearing Reinfection From Abroad
As spread of the epidemic eases within China, some cities step up scrutiny of travelers arriving from abroad.
As the coronavirus epidemic takes hold in more countries around the world, China is trying to stop the disease from being repatriated by travelers arriving from abroad.
A number of Chinese municipal governments are imposing stricter health screenings on people entering China and, in some cases, even quarantine measures on those arriving from coronavirus-afflicted countries.
These controls come after Beijing waged a concerted campaign urging other governments not to impose restrictions on travel to and from China.
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