Coronavirus travel bans: shutting the door on China now will hurt goodwill and cooperation in the future

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A blanket travel ban on Chinese nationals is too radical and treats all of China as an epidemic-stricken region
Such an attitude will only compromise cooperation with China, and turn off Chinese visitors, including overseas students unable to return to their universities in time

Published: 9:00am, 8 Feb, 2020

Updated: 6:00pm, 14 Feb, 2020

Illustration: Craig Stephens

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Liang Jianzhang is the co-founder and executive chairman of Ctrip and a part-time professor at Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management.