China visa

Attention air travellers! China to resume issuing passports, visas as Covid-related curbs ease

China stopped issuing visas to foreigners and passports to its own people at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. The National Immigration Administration of China said it will start taking applications from January 8 for passports for tourists to go abroad. It said it will resume issuing approval for tourists and businesspeople to visit Hong Kong, a Chinese territory with its own border controls.

Dec 28, 2022, 13:50 PM IST

India steps up scrutiny of Chinese influence group

The closer monitoring of the Chinese Association for International Understanding (CAIFU) comes at a time when India and China are locked in their most serious border dispute in more than half a century.

Sep 04, 2020, 09:48 AM IST

Indian badminton manager Bamang Tago from Arunachal denied visa by China

Tago was to lead a 14-member Indian team on the invitation of Fuzhou Municipal Sports Bureau to participate in the Thaihot China Open in Fuzhou.

Nov 16, 2016, 21:02 PM IST