China is easing its tight restrictions on visas after it largely suspended issuing them to foreign students and others more than two years ago at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The website of the Chinese Embassy in India said the updated procedures would take effect from Wednesday, without mentioning specific requirements for vaccines or proof of a negative virus test.China still requires those arriving from abroad be quarantined at a hotel or private home and proof of a negative test is required for entry to many public and commercial spaces.
"For students who return to China to resume their studies: 'Certificate of Returning to Campus' issued by the university in China" is required, the Embassy said. Similar notes were posted on the websites of other Chinese embassies and consulates including in Pakistan, a long-time Chinese ally, the Philippines, with whom it contests territory in the South China Sea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan and the northern English city of Manchester. Other embassy websites were temporarily inaccessible, but the Foreign Ministry's move appears to indicate steps toward a broader restoration of foreign engagement.
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