Blog Tag - quarantine

DP How to Taobao Your New Stay-At-Home Hobby
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...
All Signs Point to Home Quarantine for Postive Covid Cases
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...
Fran's Life At A Central Quarantine Center
Through the course of the pandemic, perceptions of quarantine centers, aka fangcang yiyuan (方舱医院), has been blurry. By testing residents frequently...
A True Quarantine Story in 2022
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...
Quarantine Here Quarantined There: The Shapes Isolation Takes in Beijing
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,...
Quarantined One Day After Giving Birth To Baby – New Mom Tells It All
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...
Stuck at Home? Here Are Some Things to Do Beside Binging Netflix
With talks of possible wider lockdowns looming -- or already happening on a smaller scale -- and given the current situation in Shanghai it doesn’t...
Reality Check: Don’t Get Stranded Abroad This Summer
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: The Quarantiner by Evelyn Fok
Spittoon Presents: A foreigner is placed in quarantine in a small housing compound in Shanghai. The neighbors are frightened—they do not approve....
Need to Quarantine?: What to Expect if You Travel to These Provinces From Beijing
[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...
Meet the Beijing-Based Artist Who Turned His 14-Day Quarantine Into a Mind Map
While quarantine for many of us was the perfect excuse to laze at home, think about starting an exercise routine, and excavate cupboards for...
Beijing Returnees Now Subject to Three Weeks Observation
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...
Diverted Returnees to Beijing Do Not Need to Repeat Quarantine
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...
The Hutong's Quarantine Cook-Off, Round III: Dapanji, Big Plate Chicken!
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: Navigate Growing Scrutiny as a Foreigner With These COVID-19 Phrases
Mandarin Monday is a weekly column where we help you improve your Chinese by detailing learning tips, fun and practical phrases, and trends. With...