Malaysia has never had so many Chinese tourists. It wants more

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Malaysia is experiencing an unprecedented increase in Chinese tourists, with many visitors exploring lesser-known cities such as Putrajaya. This surge is partly due to increased exposure on social media platforms like Weibo, boosting tourism in administrative centers.

Jane Lyu flew to Malaysia on Tuesday to visit a city that she had never heard of until recently. The 32-year-old engineer from Guangxi, southern China, first spotted it on Weibo. Now, standing outside the pink-domed Putra Mosque in Putrajaya, she explains through a translation app how the country’s administrative capital, a planned city barely three decades old, ended up as the first stop on her Malaysian itinerary. Lyu, who arrived as part of a company trip that began in Singapore, is one of...