SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI — Chu Wenhong would fly back to Shanghai and visit her parents at least once a year after she moved to Singapore in 1994. But she hasn't been able to do so in the past three years due to China's signature zero-Covid policy, which involved mass PCR testing, city-wide lockdowns and quarantining all inbound arrivals, including overseas Chinese like...
Chu Wenhong hugs her mother as she arrives from Singapore ahead of the Lunar New Year, her first time home since the Covid-19 pandemic, in Shanghai, China on Jan 12, 2023.SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI — Chu Wenhong would fly back to Shanghai and visit her parents at least once a year after she moved to Singapore in 1994.
But Chu snatched a ticket last month to fly back after China announced it would end quarantine on all inbound travellers from Jan 8, marking the final unravelling of the country’s zero-Covid policy. Singapore resident Chu paid $2,264 for a one way ticket to Shanghai, while a return journey used to cost her around $600 before the pandemic.
And even for those willing to endure the hotel quarantine, flights were often unavailable or overpriced as Beijing drastically cut the number of inbound flights in a bid to prevent imported Covid-19 cases.
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