{"id":470040,"date":"2026-02-15T11:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T11:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/470040\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T11:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T11:39:07","slug":"developing-china-allows-visa-free-entry-to-british-canadian-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/470040\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing | China allows visa-free entry to British, Canadian nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China has announced visa-free entry for Canadian and British nationals, marking the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/us-china-relations?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">United States<\/a> as the only <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3341885\/canada-and-uk-hit-refresh-china-ties-end-five-eyes?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Five Eyes<\/a> nation not granted this privilege.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The new policy takes effect on Tuesday and will remain in place until the end of the year, according to the Chinese foreign ministry.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Announcing the move on Sunday, the ministry said passport holders from Canada and Britain may stay in China for up to 30 days without a visa for business trips, sightseeing, visiting friends and family, or exchange purposes.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">This leaves US citizens as the only ones from the Five Eyes alliance \u2013 often seen as core representatives of the Western bloc \u2013 who still cannot enter China without a visa.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1o401188 css-1w1l3op e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771155547_355_maxresdefault.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewTitle\" class=\"css-zasw6y e1o401182\">WATCH: Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Canadian PM Mark Carney<\/p>\n<p>WATCH: Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Canadian PM Mark Carney<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">China granted visa-free access to New Zealand and Australia \u2013 the two remaining members \u2013 as far back as July 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China has announced visa-free entry for Canadian and British nationals, marking the United States as the only Five&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1246,4,450,7676,32029,144,50639,218316,451,7672,9580,25136,3,452,453,21,210063,218317],"class_list":["post-470040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-australia","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-britain","tag-canadian","tag-china","tag-chinese-foreign-ministry","tag-five-eyes","tag-headlines","tag-keir-starmer","tag-mark-carney","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-united-states","tag-us-citizens","tag-western-bloc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}