[jamesaurichs]

People aren't. latest number is showing that traveling to China collapsed 95%. incidentally, FDI collapsed

"in the second quarter of 2023 foreign investors “only put about $5bn of fresh capital into China […] in 2021, we saw close to $100bn per quarter!”

https://unherd.com/thepost/foreign-investment-plummets-as-th...

[foverzar]

Traveling collapse is likely COVID related. They've only recently started processing tourist visas once again, as far as I understand.

[nyokodo]

> They've only recently started processing tourist visas once again

The whole welding people into a building that then burns down is a difficult thing for Tourism Departments to compensate for.

[tempera]

They lost me on anal swabs