Dalian in northeast China will offer 72-hour visa-free stay facility for travelers from 45 countries from Jan. 1 next year, becoming the sixth mainland city to offer such service, Xinhua news agency r ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-25
... in giving visas to the Chinese. They must weigh the evident economic benefits against the less visible disadvantages – those who overstay, work illegally, commit crime or are involved in human or drug ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-22
... th rivals Visa Inc. (V.US) and American Express (AXP.US) to work on a new global standard to improve the security of digital payments and streamline shopping on smart devices. The companies proposed t ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-19
... ina, easy visa procedure and range of airline choices, the report quoted Guo Dongjie, vice president of Ctrip, China's biggest online tour operator, as saying. -- Contact HKEJ at [email protected] ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-11
... ension of visa-free access for Philippines visitors to Hong Kong passed Hong Kong's Legislative Council has passed a non-binding motion for the government to suspend the visa-free access arrangement f ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-08
... motion of visa-free stays Beijing plans to roll out more incentives to promote 72-hour visa-free stays to transit passengers, China Daily reported Sunday. Authorities in the Chinese capital said they ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-04
Beijing plans to roll out more incentives to promote 72-hour visa stays to transit passengers, China Daily reported Sunday. Authorities in the Chinese capital said they are considering offering discou ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-04
Chongqing will launch 72-hour visa-free stays for travelers from 45 countries, becoming the fifth mainland city to do so, Xinhua reported Wednesday. Chongqing's Jiangbei International Airport will app ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-24
India is expected to announce relaxations in both travel and business visa arrangements for China during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's three-day official visit to China starting Tuesday, the ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-21
... f 72-hour visa-free stay for foreign travelers in more cities and provinces are likely to win tourists back. According to official figures, China hosted about 133 million overseas tourists last year. ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-21
China has signed agreements with Mauritius and Jordan on visa exemptions for regular passport holders starting from October 31, Shanghai Daily reported on Monday. The government is working to ensure C ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-21
Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said his country will simplify the visa application process for Chinese visitors, Bloomberg News reported Monday. Under a pilot program, Britain wi ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-14
... wo years. Visa and UnionPay cardholders and iPhone users would be able to tap into the services by the end of this year. Similar services offered by rivals HSBC Holdings Plc. (00005.HK) are only avail ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-08
A total of 950 shops in London, including Harrods, Selfridges and John Lewis, have formed an alliance to ask the national government to further relax visa requirements for Chinese tourists, the offici ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-07
... rCard and Visa to offer the service. HSBC and Hang Seng have partnered with Visa and MasterCard, respectively. The BOCHK service uses near field communication technology and is supported by Jet Electr ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-07
... s such as Visa and MasterCard. More than 5,000 platforms for cross-border online trade operate in China and more than 200,000 firms use those outlets to reach out to overseas markets. About 2 trillion ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-04
