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Sun-drenched restaurant patios full of smiling, unmasked customers may seem like a pipe-dream to those in Canada right now, but with China a couple of months further along the spectrum of re-opening, this is the happy reality on the ground in most of China\u2019s metropolitan areas. Schools are gradually getting back, with reports that grades 4-11 will be in class as of June 1. Traffic is at parking-lot levels on Chang\u2019an Boulevard leading up to the Two Sessions meetings later this week, and by most visual measures (but for those notable exceptions in the Northeastern province of Jilin), China appears to be at full tilt. So, it begs the question: when can the hundreds, if not thousands, of Canadians who call China home return to the Middle Kingdom? What should you make of the reports of the \u201cgreen lanes\u201d or \u201cfast track\u201d visas for foreigners to gain re-entry? CCBC has been actively collecting information on your behalf, and in some cases, successfully getting our members back into China. This week\u2019s Beijing Dispatch focuses on some key facts and case studies on this tremendously challenging issue for so many displaced expats around the world.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Noah Fraser, September 2019 \u2013 Pudong and the Bund, Shanghai.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Most of our readers are aware that China largely closed its doors as of March 28. Those who managed to get back in ahead of the deadline were subjected to a two-week quarantine period inside a government-assigned hotel, via a municipal sorting facility. There were some exceptions to the hard-and-fast rule, as well as differing reports on access to services and quality of lodgings, but that difficult time is a quickly-fading memory now that those returnees are freely moving about domestic China and have the comforts of a broadly re-opened consumer economy. Fast forward to four days ago, when the Global Times reported that \u201cChinese government departments are working with some countries and regions to set up ‘express access’ channels for the entry of personnel of foreign-invested enterprises amid the virus outbreak,\u201d according to MOFCOM. This news, while exciting, is obviously opaque at first glance, and operative wording like \u201csome <\/em>countries\u201d certainly jumps out. So, we started to dive in.<\/p>\n

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From a national perspective, one of the first major examples of a country achieving a deal is the Germans, who enjoy a massive impact on the automotive sector in China, among other industries. About 200 executives, key specialists, and long-separated family members are the target candidates for the first flight, aimed for early next week. Now, the tricky part: the criteria. For your reference and additional colour on the requirements, please see some extracts below from an email that went out to German Chamber members who may want to apply for a return trip on the proposed charter.<\/p>\n

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