Chinese immigration officials say passport applications for Chinese citizens wanting to travel internationally will resume from the eighth of January. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://ab.co/3FXoHak

It follows an announcement this week ending almost three years of strict quarantine rules for arrivals to China. Meanwhile, Japan has announced that all travellers from China must show a negative COVID test on arrival, or quarantine for seven days. India has also said travellers from China as well as some other countries must show a negative COVID test when they arrive.

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