Chinese Dictator Xi Jinping is begging Americans to visit China to save the country’s failing economy.
The Chinese government held a “tourism leadership summit” this week to “welcome US tourists to travel to China to meet Chinese friends, experience Chinese culture, tour scenic mountains and rivers, and get a firsthand look at the real China.”
The Global Times, a Chinese government propaganda outlet, claimed that President Joe Biden sent his warm wishes to the event and encouraged Americans to visit the Communist country.
“The U.S. welcomes the people of China to discover our cities, learn about our history, and engage with our people in destinations across the country,” Biden reportedly wrote in a letter.
The Chinese president said that "tourism is an important bridge for the people of China and the US to engage in exchanges and get to better know and bond with each other.”
The propaganda-backed Chinese outlet claimed that Assistant Secretary for Industry and Analysis of the U.S. Department of Commerce Grant Harris said that “Chinese visitation to the U.S. will increase 150 percent from 2023 to 2025,” adding that it is “4.7 times faster than the rise in overall overseas visitations to the U.S. during this time.”
“Four years ago, a global pandemic closed our borders and halted travel and tourism around the world,” Biden reportedly said in his message, adding that the U.S. and China "are countries of rich cultural diversity, immense natural beauty and vibrant communities, big and small, all of which support travel and tourism industries that promote prosperity and understanding between our nations.”
However, the U.S. State Department currently has a travel advisory in place for China, cautioning American tourists they are at risk of being imprisoned because of their nationality.
The U.S. warned that Americans could be “subjected to interrogations and detention without fair and transparent treatment under the law.” The department also said that Americans could be taken into custody by Chinese officials “without access to U.S. consular services or information about their alleged crime.”
China has faced economic woes since the Communist country began shutting down businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The slump has prompted Xi to take more action personally. In March, the dictator hosted a group of VIP American businessmen to assuage concerns that the Communist Party was not maintaining a hospitable environment for foreign operations. China documented an $11.8-billion decline in foreign investment for the fiscal quarter ending September 2023, the first decline in foreign direct investment in the history of communist China, necessitating increasingly severe measures to attract more foreign cash. The Chinese government set a smaller GDP growth goal for 2024 than 2023, aiming for five percent growth. Via Breitbart News.
