How Do South Africans Come Back to China?

Hi Everyone,

Several of my friends from South Africa are begging me to come back to China.

Can anything be done to help them?

As far as I understand, borders are closed, even for the politically connected people.

If they don't already have a valid visa or res permit, the only way in is to apply for a new visa.  This is true no matter what country someone is from and has been true for many decades.  The difference is:

Visas are currently much harder to get, but not 100% impossible.  If it's going to be a Z visa, the hiring organization will have more paperwork to do on their end than would have been the case in 2019.

I have a personal suspicion that visas will be even harder to get until the Olympics are over.