China to suspend UK flights indefinitely -foreign ministry

[snoop1130]

China to suspend UK flights indefinitely -foreign ministry

 

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a face mask walks past a counter with a display showing flight information and a message on preventive measures against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the departure hall of Beijing Capital International Airport after scores of domestic flights in and out of the Chinese capital were cancelled, in Beijing, China June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

 

BEIJING (Reuters) -China will suspend direct flights to and from the United Kingdom indefinitely over fears of a new strain of the coronavirus, Wang Wenbin, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday.

 

"After much consideration, China has decided to take reference from other countries and suspend flights to and from UK," Wang told reporters at a daily briefing.

 

"China will closely monitor relevant developments and dynamically adjust control measures depending on the situation," Wang said.

 

Countries across the globe are shutting their borders to Britain after the emergence of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain.

 

There are currently eight weekly flights between mainland China and the United Kingdom, according to aviation data provider Variflight, including one each by Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines.

 

British Airways operates two flights a week from London to Shanghai.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-12-24

 

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[ukrules]

What goes around comes around, there is no avoiding your fate China.

 

The only thing that remains unknown is which strain will do the job when it comes to China.

[bodga]

Huh talk about "rich"

[Mavideol]

19 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

and suspend flights to and from UK,"

last year they infected the world, they finger pointed and even retaliate to some countries who suspended flight to their country but now it they do the same.... what a pity country or pity governance

[Mavideol]

They really have no face, no principles of any kind. Last year they infected the world, it took more than 1 year for them to allow the WHO inspectors in to conduct a so called "impartial/independent" inspection as to assess the origin of the virus, finally they accepted/allowed the WHO inspectors in but under Chinese supervision but they called it independent 555

[misterjames]

I'm sure the Brits are mortified ????

[pseudorabies]

But the UK just wants to return an item that was sent to them by mistake....

[smedly]

I am never one for conspiracies - but 

 

I very strongly believe the whole world was attacked 

 

 

we enabled them - we gave them access to technology they would never have had 

 

why ?

 

because of greed and money

 

(big tech) the west decided it was a good idea to engage China for production of hi tech electronics

 

That has monumentally backfired but there is so much money involved that it will not change 

 

D Trump was eating his way into it and look what happened  

[stevenl]

3 minutes ago, smedly said:

D Trump was eating his way into it and look what happened  

Yes, what happened?

[chilly07]

18 hours ago, pseudorabies said:

But the UK just wants to return an item that was sent to them by mistake....

Plus additional  freebies from Porton Down to practice on.... 

[joecoolfrog]

23 hours ago, smedly said:

I am never one for conspiracies - but 

 

I very strongly believe the whole world was attacked 

 

 

we enabled them - we gave them access to technology they would never have had 

 

why ?

 

because of greed and money

 

(big tech) the west decided it was a good idea to engage China for production of hi tech electronics

 

That has monumentally backfired but there is so much money involved that it will not change 

 

D Trump was eating his way into it and look what happened  

I agree that the west has been largely greedy and naive.

As for Trump lol , he didn't seem to mind doing personal business with China you might have noticed.

[Somtamnication]

What they released in December (some say as early as September 2019), was an act of war. The world should have reacted forcefully.

 

Now we know, the next WW will be biological.

[jastheace]

On 12/24/2020 at 12:07 PM, pseudorabies said:

But the UK just wants to return an item that was sent to them by mistake....

yes. it was a copy of a russian brand apparently. 

oooops.... delete delete delete.....

[BigC]

china has no rights..china should be paying us not to go to china 

 

boycotte china!!!

 

i am accepting  no chinese customers for my busienss  neither will i sell to Chinese 

[Pilotman]

Oh the irony!  It's almost too much. 

[Nout]

On 12/24/2020 at 6:45 PM, misterjames said:

I'm sure the Brits are mortified ????

We have been banned from France too!

[SidJames]

The tiddlies must have been remainers

[Scott]

Off-topic post removed.

 

[Pattaya Spotter]

Japan has also banned entry of all foreign nationals until at least February 1st.