Does each country charge for evacuation of overseas Chinese?

As we all know, when a country experiences a severe natural disaster or war, external transportation is completely paralyzed. The only hope for foreigners caught in the flames of war is that their motherland can send warships and aircraft to help them evacuate. Evacuating overseas Chinese from a war-torn country is a great test of a country's overall strength. Without strong economic and military support, it simply cannot support the evacuation of thousands of civilians.

In several evacuation operations in recent years, China’s performance has impressed the whole world. In the 2011 evacuation from Libya, China sent more than 20 aircraft and rented more than 10 giant cruise ships. , evacuated more than 30,000 Chinese citizens; in the Yemen evacuation incident in 2015, China dispatched 054A frigates to evacuate more than 500 Chinese citizens and more than 200 foreign nationals; in 2010, major riots occurred in Kyrgyzstan, and China dispatched multiple aircraft Chartered flights safely evacuated more than 1,000 Chinese citizens; these evacuation operations were also adapted and released in movies such as "Wolf Warrior 2" and "Operation Red Sea", becoming a testament to China's strong national power.

However, the cost of the aircraft and ships leased by the country during the evacuation operation is staggering. The cost of leasing a large cruise ship for one day is hundreds of thousands of dollars. The transport planes and warships dispatched by the army also consume a lot of money. Fuel, for example, in the 2006 conflict in Lebanon, Canada spent US$94 million to evacuate more than 10,000 of its citizens. Whether to charge citizens for the huge expenditure has become a focus of controversy among various parties within Canada. Under normal circumstances, the Chinese government will bear these huge expenses itself. For Chinese citizens, evacuation is completely free!

But for other countries, evacuation is not necessarily free. During the 2011 Egyptian riots, Japan sent three charter flights to evacuate more than 400 Japanese citizens, but each of these people had to pay 34,000 yen. At the same time, when India evacuated its own citizens, it directly demanded ￥34,000 from more than 500 Indian citizens. 2 times the air ticket cost. In the case of the evacuation of overseas Chinese from Yemen, the United States even expressed its inability to organize the evacuation of its citizens, leaving American citizens to find ways to evacuate on their own using ships from other countries.

The only paid evacuation operation in China was the Bali evacuation in 2017. In 2017, officials repeatedly reminded Chinese citizens not to travel to Bali, Indonesia, due to the danger of Indonesian volcanoes erupting in the near future. However, many middle-class tourists still traveled despite the dissuasion and ended up being trapped at Bali Airport. After the incident, China sent 6 chartered flights to evacuate overseas Chinese, but this time it charged evacuation fees for the evacuated Chinese citizens. This was the only time China charged for the evacuation of overseas Chinese, but many netizens applauded.