First announced at Forum.
Free 15 Day Visa-Free Entry to China for Australian & New Zealand Passport Holders (Save $110)
Current Expiring Date would be 31st of December 2025 (But it could be extended)
To avoid any confusion, there are plenty of websites that mention that the 15 Day Visa-Free Entry to China for Australian Passport Holders starts on 1st of July 2024 and ends 31st of December 2025.
Official Website of confirmation
But that can happen anywhere in the world.
Good thing about being in china would be, there would be so many cameras around
@abs898: Foreigners are getting stabbed at an alarming rate over there. The government likes to hush everything up and pretend theres nothing wrong and the place is the safest. Cameras won't do jack for you when you're lying in a pool of your own blood and everyone is staring at you because nobody wants to get involved. Better hope you aren't mistaken for an American over there, they literally teach their kids in school that the US and Japan are their enemy. nasty ass government.
Yes. Hard for dinner people to understand
Free advice. When visiting another country, respect their culture, their people, don’t break the law especially don’t be a (profanity) and you will be fine.
What are your thoughts on mandatory bribes?
Ah har! Liberal and Labour. But you are not good enough to be part of their games.
@Poor Ass, happen too much in Australia for my liking.
True but some bogans don't think laws and rules don't apply to then in other countries
Double negative - so the bogans do think laws apply to them?
What a bargain, it even includes a free prison sentence for spying too!
Or you better not publish US war crimes, that could land you 12 years in prison here at home.
Thank God! Assange is free now!
It's great news, although Journalism is dead.
@linxi5774: Yes, Cheng Lei agrees. So do thousands of journalists and lawyers lodged in Chinese prisons doing forced labour.
Or you better not publish US war crimes,
The charge was not merely 'publishing' that is what the ignorant people try brush it off as because they are ignorant. It was 'Conspiracy to Obtain and Disclose National Defense Information' which means he was actively engaged in breaching 'National Defense' systems, also known as espionage.
So, there is no legal way to expose war crimes. I felt bad for those innocent people who were killed.
@1st-Amendment: I don't know how to make sense to you. Since you use '1st Amendment' as your username, do you have any suggestions for exposing war crimes while not getting charged? Or should we wait till the US declassify their war crimes that happened 50 years ago?
do you have any suggestions for exposing war crimes while not getting charged?
The same way everyone else does it? How do you think that happens now?
Or should we wait till the US declassify their war crimes
Well one way NOT to do it is espionage. Funny that you don't seem to like crime but your solution to that is more crime…
@1st-Amendment: Mate, you could be the Spokesperson of the US Department of State. There is no point in continuing this conversation. let's end here.
There is no point in continuing this conversation. let's end here.
You could've ended it one comment earlier, but here you are…
@linxi5774: How do you know there was a war crime existing if no any serious reports or investigations were published? Don’t tell me China has a real journalist could reports any negative news to public.
@freeman: Why are you asking me? There is one man who just did that and sacrificed 12 years of his freedom exposing war crimes. GO ASK HIM. And not just Chinese journalists, I don't think any other journalist from any country dares to uncover the nasty stuff that the US has done.
You will only have a voice when trump goes to jail for taking and not returning top secret files.
12 years in western prison is way better than Chinese labour camps or firing squad for the same crime.
If they can jail doctors/journalists for speaking out about Covid, I wonder what they will do to a person for revealing military secrets.
Corporate medias are essentially government mouthpiece these days. We are the most heavily propagandize people in the world
Who are these "we"?
yeah yeah keep talking shit
Go live over there then my little Mao fan. No one's stopping you
Go and live in the US my little Trumper
If you think China is unsafe (whick I kinda agree in some degree), consider Taiwan, a perfect place to visit
Weirdo
Most truth doesn't sound sweet.
@bdl: Looks like an unintended consequence of the Taiwan/CCP situation, and Kong Kong finally being given back to China. You'd think a combination of the world's greatest bureaucratic systems would deal with things like this pretty quickly. Looks like there are no easy answers though https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Hong_Kong_extradition_bil…
@bdl: You probably need to ask some local Taiwanese people how their death sentence going in recent years, most of criminals just got away with it "legally".
We don’t have death sentence the same logic applies?
No death penalty + Underage stabbing = Even worse…
I can’t think of a single to go to Taiwan over China, more expensive, worse infrastructure/tourism and it certainly isn’t safer
Have you actually been or based on the fake news on Chinese TikTok.
Lmao you obviously haven't been to Taiwan or China by the sounds of it.
I have been, and after doing so I have no clue why anyone would go to Taiwan over it for a holiday
Taiwan is cheaper for a holiday
Major cities in China are quite expensive but cheaper compare to Aus
Taiwan is awesome. Tradition blended with modernity, amazing food, lush nature, mountains, friendly people, and no dystopian state monitoring you.
Taiwan is great. For a trip, I prefer Taiwan than the PRC. One problem with the PRC is that it is over populated.
They are trying to push the narrative of China being safe huh?
Try not to get stabbed there too
Yeah, I would avoid Westfield Bondi Junction too.
Yeah when the government pushes that Amerians and Japanese are a problem you end up with lots of knife attacks. These attacks arent documented. Look at the recent bus one. There's no mention of Japanese in their official news, I wonder why.
Anyways, the threat level for travelling to China has increased and there's a reason for it.
Are you talking about the 200+ mass shootings that have happened in America this year?
Lmao
Your best option might be avoiding any western countries including Australia.
Ignorance is your best friend.
People like you can stay in your comfort zone, but spreading disinformation and misinformation is pretty low.
China is much safer than the US.
Thats a hard one to prove, due to the government hiding and censoring anything bad that happens there. people can't even leave flowers near tragedies, the cops come and take them away. good luck getting proper numbers out of the CCP.
China is much safer. They had 0 covid cases during the pandemic!
@FishBurgers: Anyways if you want a rocket accidentally firing into your backyard it’s a good country to go to
Id rather avoid west Taiwan thanks.
West or Taiwan
Taiwan was never a country. That geographical area is officially called Republic of China according to it's own "constitution".
Taiwan is a country. It's the civilised version of China, but entirely distinct from the mainland (as a consequence of communist rule, sadly).
LOLOL.. Your username checks out.
@bchliu: Anyone with half a brain can deduce the reason one country is liberal and wealthy, where the other is totalitarian (and on its way to dystopian) and stalling at middle income.
@JohnHowardsEyebrows: Wealthy lmao, you obviously haven't stepped foot in either country.
Arm chair commentator.
"Civilised" - Meanwhile Taiwanese politicans literally beat woman in parliament LMAO
@TightAl: Taiwanese parliament has always been savage. I'd rather politicians fighting each other than news reporters like Cheng Lei disappearing for random reasons that displeasure Chairman Xi. The irony is that people like you defend a regime who would disappear you in an instant if you criticised them, but happily do it from the comfort of a civilised country you criticise.
I've been to both countries (and thanks for acknowledging they're distinct countries). PRC was creepy and weird (but fascinating all the same). Taiwan felt like Singapore but without the Anglophone influence.
@JohnHowardsEyebrows: KMT lost the majority, actually hilarious. Don't worry Taiwanese are literally waking up and seeing how useless their government is.
I haven't citicised Australia, nor have i criticised China but it's not surprising you see assume any comment that is against yours that way lmao.
'weird' 'creepy' lol such wow.
@TightAl: Taiwanese is waking up that’s correct, and realising they are Taiwanese. No longer identify them self as Chinese. 70% have nothing to do with China and don’t want anything to do with China.
All the stuff you are saying are what’s been fed in Chinese TikTok.
Taiwanese don’t care about what the Chinese thinks. As a matter of fact they don’t want anything to do with China. It’s China that keeps on stalking Taiwan like a stalker.
@TightAl: Stop talking nonsense. Taiwan is wealthy compare to China. China is not just Beijing and Shanghai.
Coming from ex premier Li Keqiang. 600m people have income of $120 usd a month.
@spc12go: Why do the average Chinese have better meat consumption than Korea Japan and Taiwan (a rebel province from China)
@salin: Because there is a very large vegetarian population in Taiwan. Look it up! In fact it is a vegetarian friendly place to visit.
I know because my mom and her friends are all vegetarian.
@spc12go: What does wealth have to do with anything when visiting a country?
I'm not visiting a slum in china nor am i visiting a slum in taiwan lmao.
Useless comment.
You are talking out of a… Here
It’s not about what historically the geographical area is called, but it’s what the people of Taiwan wants
Why yes, and mainland China is a part of Republic of China.
There is only one China, but I would rather the Taiwanese government than the CCP. At least there is the rule of law.
@Chinese: If you have read Chinese history, you should know how lucky the Chinese chose the CPC over the KMT.
@salin: The CCP way just don't suit me, despite I whinge about liberal/labour like no end. Though, my personsl political view won't change this deal, being a deal.
I am rather familiar with Chinese history, including when both governments are in power. The people did not choose the CCP, they are the uneducated crowd that basically followed.
The old days KMT failed because rule of law did not exist and the common people suffered. Country was run by various warlords - bit like Lebanon of the modern day.
@Chinese: KMT is just hopeless after Chiang Kai-shek seized power. He killed more people from his party rather than communists.
At least everything the CPC promised to its citizens turns into truth. Facts speak louder here.
@salin: Don't care, really, I don't live in China. I do have a soft spot for Taiwan tho.
I get irritated at people criticing the modern day China without having experienced it (or to criticise and continue to buy Chinese goods). Equally that ones that see the CCP controlled portion of China as utopia, particular ones travelling with their Aust passport.
Good thing that Australia is free. People can freely go if they wanted to.
@salin: "Lucky" is an interesting use of the word.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution#Atrocities
@dyziplen: I mean you could see the Indigenous population of most commonwealth countries were pretty lucky too right?
You should link all those aswell.
I mean Darwin seems to be thriving. /s
@TightAl: Unlike the CCP and their thought police. We here can think sh*t is pretty screwed up here as well as China. I wouldn't be describing either those who went through cultural revolution as LUCKY or those who went through the White Australia policy here as LUCKY.
@bchliu
Its constitution identify it as a country. The constitution of Republic of China. And it is a country called Republic of China.
If is not the same country as Peoples republic of China.
So what’s your point again?
It's the same country. But most of China is occupied by the rebel force illegally.
A few facts, Hong Kong is part of China, Macau is part of China, and Taiwan is part of China.
The visa center is a disaster, so this is great news. If you needed longer than 15 days it would be quicker to fly to Hong Kong and then fly back to China and re-apply than line up at that torturous place.
Yeah, I heard you need a full itinerary for basically the entire trip when you're applying for a real visa too. Which is not at all how I personally travel. I book 1 night on arrival and figure the rest out as I go.
Can have exceptions like wrong place wrong time