Reporter's log: Preserving history amid impressive progress and diversity
China DailyBy Chen Weihua | China Daily | Updated: 2023-12-25 09:19 For most Europeans, the 1.4 billion Chinese look pretty much the same; for many Chinese, Europeans I was impressed by how well Europeans have preserved their old cities as I visited many of them in past years. After three years of pandemic, Chinese tourists are getting ready to visit Europe again, but the Schengen visa application takes much longer time while the flights have not resumed to pre-pandemic levels. China's recent announcement to allow visa-free travel for citizens of five EU member states — France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain — is a goodwill gesture. When I visited my cousin in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, a relatively underdeveloped region in Northwest China, I was struck by the sea changes there in the past two decades.
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