Hong Kong scraps vaccine pass, COVID-19 tests for travelers China says it will resume issuing passports for tourism in another big step away from anti-virus controls that isolated the country for almost three years, setting up a potential flood of Chinese going abroad for next month’s Lunar New Year holiday. The announcement Tuesday adds to abrupt changes that are rolling back some of the world’s strictest anti-virus controls as President Xi Jinping’s government tries to reverse an economic slump. Rules that confined millions of people to their homes kept China’s infection rate low but fueled public frustration and crushed economic growth. An officer collects passports from residents for renewal and re-applications at a community police station in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 202...
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