EU countries should remove visa barriers

With my passport and filled in landing card, I proceeded to immigration control at Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow on Friday, where I handed them over to the officer on duty. She was about to check the visa pages of my passport, but I told her that mine is a "service" kind, and thus there was no need for me to apply for a visa. Not waiting for my further explanation, she said "I know", stamped my documents and let me through.

Holding this passport issued by China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I have reported from Libya, Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Egypt in previous years and it has opened their doors to my short stays without me needing to apply for a visa.

Since late April, Chinese and Russians who hold such passports are allowed to stay in each other's country without a visa for a maximum of 30 days.