As the epidemic in India continues to spread, many countries have made plans to evacuate their citizens. But Chinese citizens working in India are prohibited from returning to China. Chinese expats said the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) told India not to issue travel permits to Chinese citizens.
On May 6, Taiwanese media the Central News Agency (CNA) reported that a Chinese national surnamed Zhang, who works in the technology manufacturing field in India, planned to return to China for a May holiday and to escape the COVID-19 epidemic in India, but he was twice denied an e-Pass.