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Mainland China is open to leisure tourists and inbound travel is rising quickly. The main trip-friction issues right now are regional disaster disruption, security/legal unpredictability, and imperfect payments/communications, even though tourism infrastructure and visa-free access have improved.
recent flooding and landslides in Tibet near the Nepal bordertyphoon-related transport and flight disruptionsBeijing no-fly zone after rare crashongoing exit-ban / arbitrary-enforcement concernsforeign card and payment-app friction still possible
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