Chinese social media users reacted with joy to the end of restrictions that have kept the country largely closed off to the outside world since March 2020.
In a snap move late Monday, China said from Jan 8 inbound travellers would no longer be required to quarantine upon arrival, in a further unwinding of hardline Covid-19 controls that had torpedoed its economy and sparked nationwide protests.
The new rules follow China's decision this month to roll back much of a zero-Covid regime that had mandated mass testing, strict lockdowns and long quarantines in government-run facilities. That followed a decision last week to narrow the criteria by which Covid-19 fatalities were counted -- a move experts said would suppress the number of deaths attributable to the virus.
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