Currently in China on a tourist visa. I am an American holding the 10 year 60-day per entry tourist visa. I arrived in China on January 19.  On March 1st the Chinese government automatically extended all visas for 60 days, allowing me to stay until around May 17 or so. I was expecting them to add another extension due to the fact that the pandemic is still not over and they have prohibited foreigners from entering, so that would be the reasonable thing to do, but it seems that the government is not planning to do such a thing.  

My original plan was to stay in China from January-August, with trips to other countries whenever the visa expires. I would love to do a small trip to HK or Taiwan right now, but that is not possible, since if I leave I can not come back. I am also not even sure where I can go if they do force me to leave.  It seems most countries aren\'t allowing foreigners to enter. I also can\'t find flights back to America for under $2,000, so I don\'t know what the Chinese government expects me to do. I read somewhere that in order to apply for a visa extension you need documentation proving that you have absolutely no choice but to stay, and tickets being extremely expensive is not a valid excuse. I also imagine they aren\'t very lenient with tourist visas. Is anyone else in the same situation? Anyone have any idea what my chances are for getting a visa extension approved? Also, in case I am really not able to stay, are there any countries that I am allowed to go to with reasonably priced plane tickets?