Blog Tag - quarantine
If you've already failed to make good on your Western New Year's resolution, now's the time to seize the second chance that is Chinese New Year's...
Multiple people in Beijing are reporting first-hand that they or people they know have been allowed to quarantine at home after testing positive for...
Through the course of the pandemic, perceptions of quarantine centers, aka fangcang yiyuan (方舱医院), has been blurry. By testing residents frequently...
We made it!
After a 19-hour flight from San Francisco to Shanghai, plus a four-hour wait in the airport, followed by another hour of traveling, and...
On Monday my roommate woke me up with a bit of a shock. They’d gotten a call informing them that they’d been to the same place as a confirmed case,...
The day after she gave birth, Gemmicah Argonza got the call.
“Did you go to the 7-11 in the basement China World on April 28?” The voice on the line...
With talks of possible wider lockdowns looming -- or already happening on a smaller scale -- and given the current situation in Shanghai it doesn’t...
I get it, we all do. Part of the lure of expat life is you get to travel on vacations to locations much closer to your host than your home country....
Spittoon Presents: A foreigner is placed in quarantine in a small housing compound in Shanghai. The neighbors are frightened—they do not approve....
[Update Jun 23, 11am] Eleven areas have been upgraded to medium-risk. Scroll down for a full list.
[Update Jun 18, 10am] Five areas have been...
While quarantine for many of us was the perfect excuse to laze at home, think about starting an exercise routine, and excavate cupboards for...
All international arrivals entering Beijing will now have to complete an additional week of home observation on top of the 14 days of centralized or...
The last of the foreigners who managed to enter China before the blanket ban on non-Chinese nationals entering the country was implemented on Mar 28...
With all this extra time indoors, and with many of our favorite restaurants closed, our cooking game has been seriously leveling up. So now it's time...
Mandarin Monday is a weekly column where we help you improve your Chinese by detailing learning tips, fun and practical phrases, and trends.
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