China reconnects to world despite Western smears

THREE years after the coronavirus pandemic began, businesses around the world were glad to see Chinese visitors once again arriving at their tourist attractions and shopping malls during the just-concluded Spring Festival holidays and Lantern Festival.

China has resumed agency-led outbound tour groups. Recently, Beijing-run tabloid Global Times witnessed at Shanghai's Pudong International Airport the excitement of a 24-member tour group ready to fly to Thailand for a six-day trip. The recovery of Chinese outbound tourism has injected strong vitality into overseas tourism and consumer markets, according to industry insiders.