Published: July 20th, 2021,
Last updated: June 16th, 2022
Facing the currently low COVID-19 infection numbers, many countries around the world are currently reopening cautiously. China is choosing the opposite direction in its COVID-19 policy – and is continuing to close down its borders. The reason is that China’s domestic vaccines such as Sinopharm are apparently not very effective against the rapidly spreading delta variant. Thus, Beijing continues to pursue a strict „zero-covid“ strategy. As our team of authors in Beijing found out, this decision has serious consequences for German business travelers.