As China tightens control over critical minerals exports, strives for self-sufficiency in key technologies, and places “exit bans” on some foreign workers, it is simultaneously rolling out policies to welcome in more foreign visitors. Inbound tourism development has become a national priority.  A Covid checkpost in Hubei. Credit: Depositphotos China was among the hardest hit by the global tourism collapse during Covid. The World Economic Forum ranked it the fourth-most economicall