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On Monday, the United States softened its warning against travel to China, acknowledging that the nation had advanced against Covid-19 despite frequent American criticism of its pandemic role.
The State Department still urges Americans to reconsider travel to China, but improved its advice from a blanket warning not to go to the country.
The People’s Republic of China “has resumed most business operations (including kindergartens and schools),” the State Department said.
“Other improved conditions have been reported within the People’s Republic of China,” he said.
The State Department still separately warned US citizens about the risk of arbitrary arrest in China, including in Hong Kong, as Beijing enforces a strict new security law.
The updated travel advice comes a week after China declared victory over the virus when President Xi Jinping decorated medical professionals in a triumphant ceremony.
China’s propaganda machine has sought to reformulate Covid-19 as an example of the state’s agile leadership against the global pandemic that emerged in the country.
President Donald Trump’s administration has frequently criticized China and blamed it on Covid-19, the news of which was initially suppressed when the cases were first reported in the city of Wuhan.
Trump, who faces an election in less than two months, has faced strong criticism for his handling of the health crisis in the United States, which has suffered the highest death toll of any country.
