What was it like travelling from Hong Kong to mainland China as the border reopened?
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The border that divides Hong Kong and mainland China reopened on January 8, 2023, for the first time in 3 years. Travellers are now being allowed to cross freely without having to undergo quarantines after mainland authorities dropped the nation’s zero-Covid policy. A daily quota of 60,000 people is reserved for travellers crossing the border in each direction, and they must also have negative Covid tests done within 48 hours of departure. Post video producer Llewellyn Cheung documented his trip on the first day of the reopening, when he witnessed reunions of friends and families, as well as problems that still linger after the extended border closure.
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@BreakawayBites Жыл бұрын
I can understand the feeling and reminded me of scenes when Singapore re-opened the borders with neighbouring Malaysia around 9 months ago .The border city of Johor Bahru became alive..... Lot of emotions for everyone on that particular day
@czech8074 Жыл бұрын
And the chinese going to jb to hoard bread and yakult
@albertlam1249 Жыл бұрын
@@czech8074 🤣🤣🤣
@czech8074 Жыл бұрын
@@albertlam1249 its true aint it?
@veryboliao Жыл бұрын
@@czech8074 a few hundred thousand malaysians cross the border to work and study in sg. It's not only those who cross for shopping. Don't be so smug at ur ignorance.
@czech8074 Жыл бұрын
@@veryboliao im talking about sg chinese buying food and drinks only please calm down
@stephen_lee10 Жыл бұрын
So inspiring to see the human race, no matter where you are from coming together again. Especially after such a hard time in our recent history. Humanity has hope as long as their is love. Amazing indeed
@mike48084 Жыл бұрын
This comment is so cringy it gave me explosive diarrhea.
@DragonNo1 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful! Finally people and families reuniting after 3 years! Except for the "Health Declaration" mishap, the accesses to Shenzhen at Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau is very smooth, orderly and organized.
@441meatloaf Жыл бұрын
And bring back more covid.....
@amseybai Жыл бұрын
It's the border management's failure at that location on the health declaration code. There's a website to fill it out without having wechat.
@macdowellandrew Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your help & putting in the tough effort!
@DescendantofYellowEmperor Жыл бұрын
after three years of Covid quarantine, I don't mind whatever they bring into mainland and I will pray for economic prosperity and healthy for both Hongkong people and mainlanders
@rabbitazteca23 Жыл бұрын
As a Hong Kong we this will make visiting my family in inner China much easier. Thank you to the developers of this transportation
@wildlifeincanada Жыл бұрын
Nice to see its opening again. I would love do travel from Hong Kong to China when things get back to normal. Thanks for sharing. Happy New Year 👍👍👍
@dlwabbit Жыл бұрын
As for the QR code and the whole process, I wasn't too surprised but felt annoyed 'coz that seemed to be quite common for products and services provided; they were not too detailed in their QA, process mappings & CX design.
@cee_el Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video! I have to enter Guangzhou from HK since my father passed away there and I was really stressed out about the paperwork. Seems like it’s not that bad. Can anyone confirm that as long as you have a pcr test taken within 48 hours, you’ll be fine to enter China? What if my certificate is in English only?
@rcl998 Жыл бұрын
it doesnt matter, english certificate is always accepted
@ObscureSampology Жыл бұрын
Make sure u got WeChat too
@amseybai Жыл бұрын
@@ObscureSampology Wechat's not necessary but it does make things easier in China. There's a website for health declaration without Wechat. The boarder management failed at figuring that out when the option exists already.
@guskan5456 Жыл бұрын
Great reporting
@filmawayvlad Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing! Been to HK three times so far
@mellow-jello Жыл бұрын
Llewelyn, looks like we both have an eerie resemblance, at least from the forehead, and eyes, bro. From Canada. Hope your travels remains safety, and fruitful. Guong Si Fa Chai.
@clterrylaw Жыл бұрын
so did they actually check ur negative test result when you came back from mainland to HK ?
@Pooh0000 Жыл бұрын
Actually, they have a website to fill the e-health declaration form.(it means you don't have to use Wechat to scan that QR Code) But I don't know why they didn't put that website's on notice board.
@amseybai Жыл бұрын
Was looking for this reply. It's the failure of execution at that specific location and not well trained employee to help with the situation.
@UrbnXplr Жыл бұрын
overly exaggerated. If you wanted to see your "family" so badly, just go through the quarantine. Didn't need to wait 3 years.
@kawanchiraguna4381 Жыл бұрын
I am so so happy for everyone. But how come Shenzhen's boarder is still closed?
@leafishowdown Жыл бұрын
the guy who waved at 1:20-1:23 😭😭😁😂😂
@helene7672 Жыл бұрын
They can finally celebrate new year with family.
@user-vv7ir1pl4j Жыл бұрын
I'm going to Hong Kong from the mainland. The health code fourm doesn't ask for pictures or details on the testing site. So do I have to print my covid test or does showing the health code result on ali pay work before boarding the plane
@medicineworld6809 Жыл бұрын
Do you need to show your passport when crossing the border ?
@MultiverseRaidenWarriors Жыл бұрын
Taiwan*
@user-vv7ir1pl4j Жыл бұрын
@@medicineworld6809 yes or ID if your chinese
@user-vv7ir1pl4j Жыл бұрын
@Silvadic no one coniders Taiwan a country not even Taiwan. They literally call them selves the republic of China
@pepelepew1227 Жыл бұрын
@@MultiverseRaidenWarriors tai who?
@shqip_sumejja Жыл бұрын
People travel regularly between HK and China it was of important to open borders again
@Shalyn-ie3cj Жыл бұрын
How about now, are they still requiring rt pcr test?
@oracleman2390 Жыл бұрын
Overseas Chinese must still register online first? I intend to go Shen Zhen from Hong Kong.
@boatwg3075 Жыл бұрын
even they've reopened, it still feels like 2021 ( at least not 2020)
@hhydar883 Жыл бұрын
They should also build an underwater rail system connecting Chinese city Fuzhou with Taipei for better people to people connectivity
@KF-zb6gi Жыл бұрын
I don't think taiwan will agree lol taiwan government is always afraid of china increasing influences
@felixko8304 Жыл бұрын
For foreigner ( non HK resident ) that transit in HK then going to shenzhen via Lowu, is covid test needed ?
@ggaona11 Жыл бұрын
wondering the exact same thing!! ;(
@iron4517 Жыл бұрын
01:21 hello old man
@AlexColberg 15 күн бұрын
I don't have a smartphone. What would have happened to me trying to get back into Hong Kong?
@loovigelis6824 Жыл бұрын
Enjoy your trip.
@guskan5456 Жыл бұрын
KEEP us informed like weekly basis 😉 👍 😀
@chat2stephen Жыл бұрын
Does anyone know if foreign visitors can now apply for China Visa in HK?
@willengel2458 Жыл бұрын
no. Oz i speculate you are from australia. australians must apply in apply in australia.
@ObscureSampology Жыл бұрын
About time ....
@mdsabujali335 Жыл бұрын
If i have china student visa, do i need HongKong visa.?
@waichong9389 Жыл бұрын
Try and go to Macau on the longest bridge by bus . Enjoy and all the best .
@TaoDeChing-ls5gz Жыл бұрын
What tests are they using, PCR?
@Nathan-tn4qi Жыл бұрын
If you check their luggages, you can find many products inside
@And24555 Жыл бұрын
Anyone from Hong Kong please?
@rabbitazteca23 Жыл бұрын
We also use QR codes here and I miss just using paper and pen just because I usually don't have data on my phone.
@iron4517 Жыл бұрын
Weird
@user-er7pu6wz2r Жыл бұрын
มอเทอร์คอมแบ๊ค
@ulfw Жыл бұрын
0:57 so cute ;)
@BobBob-ix4cl Жыл бұрын
Why is the guy in 1:58 wearing a cap of a German Wealthmanagement company,, which is written in German?
@kateokonkwo3288 Жыл бұрын
Travelling from hongkong to Shanghai
@user-wr9we2xq6r 8 ай бұрын
Besicly what document inmigración chek
@HKim0072 Жыл бұрын
lol, they require a negative PCR test.
@oracleman2390 Жыл бұрын
Still need PCR test ?
@capua2592 Жыл бұрын
Oh you mean can travel thru train from Hong Kong to Mainland.
@luckybrave2035 Жыл бұрын
Once again, it's Chinese New Year. Lunar New Year is different day on Lunar Calendar which had being abandoned long ago.
Жыл бұрын
🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
@ianreid-uk6qx Жыл бұрын
Out of date I think.
@jarrodyuki7081 Жыл бұрын
germany will take kaliningrad finland will take leningrad and murmansk.
@user-uv2ew1dm3w4_5 Жыл бұрын
นิจจาดำ
@chantoru293 Жыл бұрын
If you don't have wechat account in China, It simply means you are not able to do anything and CCP never gonna mind it.
@user-vy4ge4dp3l 10 ай бұрын
Just fly from mainland to hong kong. Much safer and no we chat needed.
@hc8714 Жыл бұрын
lol and ccp has the audacity to say rest of the world implementing similar verification is discriminating.
@maxdc988 Жыл бұрын
China's PCR test is applied to all countries without discrimination to prevent importation of positive cases. Is it the same? Think carefully before trolling if you're capable of thinking. 😂
@freemanol Жыл бұрын
It literally is. Typical yellow peril fearmongering
@hc8714 Жыл бұрын
@@maxdc988 yea right, so apply to lost control country is discrimination, dont even get started by "scientifically prevention".
@camlee2341 Жыл бұрын
u sound dumb...the west allow every illegals in without a test but rich chinese tourists..nope can't have that
@BTCRULER Жыл бұрын
@@maxdc988 lol preventing the importation of Covid ? Do you know how many cases locally there are each day in China?
@koostory1776 Жыл бұрын
Time to pay up the mistresses 🎉
@maxdc988 Жыл бұрын
There is no free lunch in this world. But I know a few places offering free vegetarian meals. Purify your desire and mind. 🙏
@ObscureSampology Жыл бұрын
They've been waiting 3 years for that mistress pay . Lol
@descendant0fdragons Жыл бұрын
F*ck lord, 😄
@user-vv7ir1pl4j Жыл бұрын
Bro lives in china without wechat or alipay 💀 💀
@HKim0072 Жыл бұрын
He lives in HK. WeChat is basically a tracking device.
@UnoriginallyOriginal Жыл бұрын
@@HKim0072 so just like Facebook and etc? Nice.
@HKim0072 Жыл бұрын
@@UnoriginallyOriginal lol, FB. Amusing that you would use that comparison. Tells me a lot.
@BritishRajIsTrueIndia Жыл бұрын
@@HKim0072 but it *does* track you though, the fact you’re not even aware of that says a lot also 🤕🤣
@tofuyam7361 Жыл бұрын
@@HKim0072 what do you think google/android , facebook , apple, yahoo do? Read about snowden PRISM
@o.c.g.m9426 Жыл бұрын
Absolute great border control.....I'm jealous as a United States Citizen
@fajarkurniawan9434 Жыл бұрын
wait, you can travel to China by train? I always thought HongKong is an island and China, you dissapoint me in Year of The Rabbit, I expect Bunny Girl cosplay to welcome me
@user-vv7ir1pl4j Жыл бұрын
Only part of hong kong is a island
@hiyukelavie2396 Жыл бұрын
Stay ignorant
@reynardsetiawanz8778 Жыл бұрын
There're two parts of Hong Kong, the one that connected with the mainland and the one that is called The Hong Kong Island. So, yes you can travel to China or vice versa by train.
@onemisi Жыл бұрын
Yes, you can take the MTR there or through the high speed
@daweigo6851 Жыл бұрын
You can drive over the border to Shenzen
@nalyeso5689 Жыл бұрын
100
@c_cma1971 Жыл бұрын
Still too much restrictions!!! No more tests please, and no more masks!!! 3 years people, 3 years lost of our lifes!! We are so tired of this!! You can NOT call this free travel, because it is not.
@Mistydiamond234 Жыл бұрын
Feels like Germany in 1989, families were reunited.
@luckarl Жыл бұрын
Big deal about how hard or tech savvy. Considered the positive side that now the borders are now reopened. All these fuzz about tech is just a way to sensationalize the news.
@pingpong7810 Жыл бұрын
🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️free tibet ♥️♥️♥️♥️vanezuela
@qianchensheng855 Жыл бұрын
they live a better love than you
@reynardsetiawanz8778 Жыл бұрын
Well, Tibet has always been part of China since the Qing Empire and its predecessor. When China was govern by the Republic of China or the Kuomintang, they could not care less about Tibet, So many decades later Tibet almost declared itself independent by Dalai Llama. But Chairman Mao wouldn't let that a slide.
@halfbottleofwater Жыл бұрын
Yeah, Tibet is freed long ago... Free from slavery and caste system, free from failed CIA operation and feel free to visit... Cheers..
@czech8074 Жыл бұрын
When the indians are desperate
@UnoriginallyOriginal Жыл бұрын
Free Kashmir and Jammu from Dalit Hindiot rule, #GaaaiHind mr Banjeet Raj saar
@swedeturbo Жыл бұрын
China should have open up long time ago instead of letting their people suffer and break down its economy. There is a saying that it is easy to break something you built for years but it will takes a long time to grow back. China need to play catch up but will the trust be there to believe them ? Its administration needs to be aware of their failures to its people and need to have a free hand to their private sector to grow with minimal intervention. There is also a concern that its young talents will outflow because the younger generation do not flavour its old administration system of governance. Thus, causing uproar and several protests first time in history nationwide. Hopefully wisdom is need going forward. Wishing China well in the coming years
@acuantjahyadi7393 Жыл бұрын
Kamu tidak mengerti apapun tentang orang china 😂
@jimwhite1756 Жыл бұрын
Why SCMP always have bananas as their journalists?
@lebbeus Жыл бұрын
Cuz white expats look down upon the locals
@rizkifauzi7048 Жыл бұрын
??????
@jarrodyuki7081 Жыл бұрын
japan will take the kurils sakhalin and vladivostok south korea will take north korea.
@brandonyu9602 Жыл бұрын
Lol being required to put your private information into a 3rd party platform is the most CCP thing ever.
@descendant0fdragons Жыл бұрын
That is the filthy trick of CCP always with every thing, taking advantage of any chance of trivial things to profit from. We welcome you back! And when everything is over... heh you owes us the personal info you NEED to give us! CCP: You made the DUMB decision to visit us, now pay the price you think is worth right?
@condorX2 Жыл бұрын
You can go cashless too with that app. Oops your third world county doesn't have that. 🤗
@mintimin8707 Жыл бұрын
idk if thats still something to brag about
@willy_gooseling69 Жыл бұрын
it’s controlled by ccp. i would say that’s worse
@slayermate07 Жыл бұрын
meh its a tossup between the global corporate companies and the ccp these days anyways. Either that or somewhere people cant afford phones in the first place.
@mariusradu6482 Жыл бұрын
Who cares……?
@Sebastian0729 Жыл бұрын
I wish all the best for the chinese people!
@raultiangson6295 Жыл бұрын
This is a super spreader just like the New Year
@bananna4486 Жыл бұрын
hey you are ethnic chinese too. remember that. don't ever think you are white and higher than chinese
@richarddaniel2416 Жыл бұрын
Why are they wearing those rags on their faces....
@raultiangson6295 Жыл бұрын
Let the animal Chine cross the Russia Border are they allowed in
@fanatla3195 Жыл бұрын
Building the freedom to travel on roads paved with millions of dead and sick is not the most honorable thing in this world.😌
@NMHTEKLU Жыл бұрын
百万？你从哪里得到的数据？bbc？
@fanatla3195 Жыл бұрын
@@NMHTEKLU I was talking about the world, That you feel alluded to is not my fault. And about the statistics, the official ones plus collapse of health systems due to deaths, hospitalizations and medical appointments do not lie. Not go back crying to your cave 😗
@NMHTEKLU Жыл бұрын
@@fanatla3195 Okay, I got it wrong. Can you tell me where your statistics come from？I am in China, and now our government publishes epidemic information every month. According to statistics, the infection rate in my province is more than 85%.About 85000000 has been infected and recovered.At the same time, we are reminded that we are going to experience the second peak of infection. I have been infected and recovered after taking cold medicine. I want to know more statistics. Can you copy them and share them with me? Thank you.
@seadngr Жыл бұрын
I feel bad for the Chinese there, because they have to obey the zero covid case.
@yorkiesweetpea23 Жыл бұрын
Oh! I thought it was a woman! So hard to tell nowadays 😛
@Sunday_Morning570 Жыл бұрын
Welcome to Zombieland.
@SingkitDude Жыл бұрын
That's in downtown Philadelphia...
@spikermike2843 Жыл бұрын
you meant the land with 1.3 million walking dead?
@SingkitDude Жыл бұрын
The real "zombieland" is in downtown Philadelphia...waaaay before the pandemic.
@pingpong7810 Жыл бұрын
🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️free hongkong ♥️♥️♥️cuba
@qianchensheng855 Жыл бұрын
They are way richer than your country.
@reynardsetiawanz8778 Жыл бұрын
Free Havana! Havana is an independent Country!
@willy_gooseling69 Жыл бұрын
@@reynardsetiawanz8778 well i mean havana is the capital of cuba
@reynardsetiawanz8778 Жыл бұрын
@@willy_gooseling69 Well, yes and Hong Kong is a province of PRC.
@rommelb.8070 Жыл бұрын
The V is protection from nothing ! You were all fooled ! 😂
@MultiverseRaidenWarriors Жыл бұрын
I could care less about these. Me living in Taiwan is way better
@NVGEAR Жыл бұрын
Lol said the frog under the well.
@MultiverseRaidenWarriors Жыл бұрын
@@NVGEAR you ain't American
@NVGEAR Жыл бұрын
@@MultiverseRaidenWarriors you ain't a bot
@liesterminator153 Жыл бұрын
@@MultiverseRaidenWarriors loool be prepared to have a 5 star Red flag in your house if you don't want to become cannon fodder SOON ... lol
@ssrae-2229 Жыл бұрын
Taiwan is an island WITHOUT mainland China - Taipei would be a MORE DESERTED island :
@jrh0369 Жыл бұрын
What’s it like getting the coronavirus traveling in China?
@billgates7386 Жыл бұрын
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