Beijing's new weapon in economic war: Chinese tourists
It has banned Chinese tour groups from going to South Korea, hammering its tourist market
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SLAPPING import bans on products like mangoes, coal and salmon has long been China's way of punishing countries that refuse to toe its political line.
But Beijing has shown that it can also hurt others by cutting a lucrative Chinese export: tourists who normally flock to South Korea or Taiwan.
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