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Excitement as China opens borders to quarantine-free travel

Travellers pose for photos at the gate of Hong Kong's Lok Ma Chau border checkpoint before China reopens borders [Tyrone Siu/ Reuters]

China has lifted pandemic restrictions on foreign travel, ending quarantine requirements for inbound travellers and with it, nearly three years of self-imposed isolation.

The first passengers to arrive under the new rules landed at airports in the southern cities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen just after midnight on Sunday, according to the state-owned China Global Television Network (CGTN).

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