World News

32315 readers

1039 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

Please only post links to actual news sources, no tabloid sites, etc
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, propaganda, etc

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.ml

AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml

jackmarxist@lemmy.ml

zephyreks@lemmy.ml

OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml

295

Americans will need a visa to visit Europe starting in 2024. Here's what you should know. (news.yahoo.com)

submitted 1 year ago by jmp242@sopuli.xyz to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

113 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, it's China, a country known for its heavy surveillance. They're not gonna let anyone in just like that.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah. I heard I even got preferential treatment because I got invited by my cousin's wife's family to attend the wedding.

Also the roaming fees were insane. I still have the pricing information message:

Translation: Welcome to China! Here, you can receive calls for 1.59€ per minute + possibly at least 0.50€ per minute (depending on carrier), send text messages for 0.59€ and receive text for free. Data roaming for 12.29€ PER MEGABYTE (automatically capped at 59.50€ per month) may be possible. Good travels wishes o2.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

This means they estimated that 60€ was the cutoff before people that rack up MBs without thinking about roaming fees start seriously complaining when seeing the bill.