{"id":1879,"date":"2020-07-25T20:21:16","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T20:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=1879"},"modified":"2020-07-26T20:05:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T20:05:32","slug":"cant-return-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=1879","title":{"rendered":"Can’t return home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A recent returnee finds a bat flew into her quarantine hotel room through the window, in the night, in Shanghai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There\u2019s been a lot of media coverage<\/a> of the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a> since it began in the winter saying that many Chinese are stuck and unable to return home, mostly students. For example, the NYT profiled Penny Pei<\/a> in N.C. who paid $12,000 for a cheap seat from Chicago to Xiamen in April. Wealthier students considered buying a seat on a private jet for $30,000. But these price ranges are out of reach for the million Chinese who work overseas for a living in the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa. Caixin reports similarly<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A Chinese post wrote<\/a>: Suicide, panic, infection of the COVID-19: these millions of people waiting to return home are almost desperate … But these people have not yet been approved to return home.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hmmmm… WHY do they need approve to go home?!?<\/p>\n

A relative of mine<\/a> went home to Beijing, in March from London. She was quarantined for two weeks. Reading her posts on WeChat’s\u00a0Moments, it wasn’t easy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Qingjia \u6e05\u5609<\/a>: \u81ea\u6740,\u6050\u614c,\u611f\u67d3\u65b0\u51a0: \u8fd9\u6570\u4ee5\u767e\u4e07\u82e6\u82e6\u7b49\u5f85\u56de\u56fd\u7684\u4eba\u5feb\u8981\u7edd\u671b\u4e86 … \u4f46\u8fd9\u4e9b\u4eba\u76ee\u524d\u8fd8\u6ca1\u6709\u88ab\u6279\u51c6\u56de\u56fd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s been a lot of media coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic since it began in the winter saying that many Chinese are stuck and unable…<\/p>\n

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