Hong Kong to reopen border
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HONG KONG TO REOPEN BORDER
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive John Lee said on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022, that China has agreed to reopen the city’s border with the mainland, which has been largely closed because of pandemic restrictions, and that he is aiming for a mid-January start. Lee, returning from a trip to Beijing where he met President Xi Jinping and other officials, told reporters at the Hong Kong airport that the two sides would develop a plan to reopen the border in a gradual and orderly manner. The announcement came as China is easing a “zero-COVID” policy that has restricted entry to the country, isolated infected people and locked down areas with outbreaks. Hong Kong is a semi-autonomous Chinese territory that borders Guangdong province in southeast China. People must pass through immigration to cross between the two, and most land and sea entry points have been closed and controls tightened because of the pandemic.
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Hong Kong’s Chief Executive John Lee said on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022, that China has agreed to reopen the city’s border with the mainland, which has been largely closed because of pandemic restrictions, and that he is aiming for a mid-January start. Lee, returning from a trip to Beijing where he met President Xi Jinping and other officials, told reporters at the Hong Kong airport that the two sides would develop a plan to reopen the border in a gradual and orderly manner. The announcement came as China is easing a “zero-COVID” policy that has restricted entry to the country, isolated infected people and locked down areas with outbreaks. Hong Kong is a semi-autonomous Chinese territory that borders Guangdong province in southeast China. People must pass through immigration to cross between the two, and most land and sea entry points have been closed and controls tightened because of the pandemic.
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