Name: 中國如何以旅遊業為武器（How China Uses Tourism as a Weapon）
Uploaded: 2021-06-16T15:15:02.000Z
Duration: 9 min 19 s
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The Chinese Communist Party has a secret weapon

to use against countries it doesn't like.

No, it's not the new hypersonic waverider missile.

This weapon involves completely different kind of wave rider...

The Communist Party's weaponization of tourism means

using the massive flow of Chinese tourists...

...and all the money they spend shopping...

that when they were having their flag designed,

they could only afford the basic package.

Not to say Palau isn't a beautiful tropical paradise.

It's also one of only 17 countries in the world

that still have diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

That is, they recognize Taiwan's Republic of China government

as the legitimate government of all of China.

Obviously, the Chinese Communist Party does not like this.

So they've hit Palau with what amounts to a partial travel ban.

They're doing this by refusing to give Palau

“Approved Destination Status,” or ADS.

I know, ADS doesn't sound like something you necessarily

But it's actually a seal of approval that allows mainland

Chinese travel agencies to book group tours there.

but only if they book travel on their own.

big group tours are still way more popular.

but Chinese travel agencies were booking tours to Palau anyway.

That is, until last year, when the Chinese regime cracked down—

by sending a letter to all Chinese travel agencies,

reminding them specifically that it's against the law

And then the number of Chinese tourists in Palau plummeted—

While those figures may not sound like much,

about half of Palau's tourists come from Mainland China,

and about half the country's GDP comes from tourism.

are actually a pretty big deal for Palau.

Palau Pacific Airways, which once claimed to be

“the best choice to get from Hong Kong to Palau,”

announced that it was shutting down—for good.

Manipulating tourism is one of many tactics of statecraft

“China's Use of Coercive Economic Measures.”

The report says that over the past few years,

the Party has perfected the art of weaponizing tourism,

You see, Chinese tourists spend more than tourists

According to a study by Nielsen, in 2016,

Chinese tourists traveled overseas 120 million times,

and spent more than 260 billion dollars during those trips.

And most of what they spent those billions on, is shopping.

Obviously for countries that host Chinese tourists,

So the Chinese Communist Party has learned

Back in 2012, when Chinese and Filipino ships

first clashed over disputed waters in the South China Sea,

China retaliated by issuing travel warnings to discourage

Chinese tourists from visiting the Philippines.

And it had a huge impact in some parts of the country.

But lately, the new president Rodrigo Duterte

has decided to get all buddy-buddy with China...

...and the tourism floodgates have opened again.

Duterte has achieved this partly by backing down

the Philippines ought to just be a province of China.

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中國如何以旅遊業為武器（How China Uses Tourism as a Weapon）

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