ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter 23rd June, 2014 Greetings ! Britain tourism visa scheme is on the move as Home Secretary Theresa May announced an overhaul for Chinese tourists during her speech on the 16th of June on the occasion of China’s premier Li Keqiang’s four-day trip to the country. Read more in our […]
The French beating the British to the punch?
This article was initially published in The Standard on 17 January 2014. ChinaContact MD Roy Graff provides his analysis to this vexing issue. Furious London tourism bosses today demanded the immediate scrapping of all “colonial bureaucracy” putting off big-spending Chinese visitors after France unveiled a fast-track 48-hour visa processing system. France has promised to implement […]
Nationalism rises ahead of National Day
Very warm greetings from ChinaContact to all our friends and contacts in China, who this week celebrate both the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, falling on the 30th of September and 1st of October respectively. The two holidays together have resulted in a longer than usual time off work and therefore a bonanza for outbound […]