The Sherpa Empire wrote:Stellar Colonies wrote:I've actually considered visiting Hong Kong over the last few years (one of my parents visited with her parents as a child), but there's no way in hell I'm going any closer to the PRC than Japan until it dissolves.
Also, delaying elections for a year?! Surely they are aware that mail-in voting is a thing, right? That's such a flimsy excuse.
The Chinese authorities are full of shit, but there's no reason to be so ideological about a simple visit. If you are just visiting as a tourist -- not going there to protest or proselytize -- China was safe to visit before the coronavirus hit, and it'll probably be safe again when the pandemic blows over. It is not North Korea. You don't have to agree with a government to visit the country.
Right at this moment in Hong Kong might not be the best time and place to visit, but that is no reason to avoid the whole country on a long-term basis.
And would you seriously have a problem visiting South Korea just because of crap that's going on in China? (It is closer than Japan.)
Well, maybe South Korea. Not the PRC itself though.
Not that I'm likely to travel to other continents that much anyway, given how much time and money it costs.