China’s visa-free travel sparks a surge in tourism – Travel

As China moves forward with an unprecedented expansion of its unilateral visa-free policy, some Western media have rushed to downplay the significance of this effort for greater global openness.

In a recent report, Bloomberg called the visa-free policy a bid “falling flat” and “well short of the near full recovery Beijing would have been hoping for.” However, a closer look at China’s latest efforts to advance its opening-up strategy reveals a different picture.

For more than a year, Beijing has expanded the policy to…