Number of trips between China and ASEAN exceeds 25m so far in 2025
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This claim is a straightforward statistic from China's official National Immigration Administration, with clear figures, a specific time period, and year-over-year growth, fitting well-documented mainstream reporting with no gaps, uncertainties, or unanswered questions. The "propaganda" lane note does not introduce mystery, as the data remains factual and non-speculative.
The number of trips between the Chinese mainland and member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) exceeded 25.24 million in the first eight months of 2025, up 11.2 percent year on year, data from China's National Immigration Administration (NIA) showed Wednesday.