Jiang Lannie planned a lifetime trip to China with her fiancé to see the Soju Gardens, modern art in Shanghai, and snowboarding on the frozen Beijing lakes, but this project went unheeded due to the fear of an emerging coronavirus infection.
It is a fate that millions of lovers will know in “Valentine” this year. Restaurants, flower shops, red ducks, hotels and romantic places will record losses in a country paralyzed by the Covid-19 epidemic.
Jiang, 24, stranded at her family’s home, taught her fiance to the Chinese game “Magun”. "We have fun playing Majon for two or three hours a day," she says. He did not know this game and now he is good at it.
Fearing infection from trains and airplanes, many people decided to extend their leave and stay where they were, and the engaged authorities called on the two parties to postpone the wedding date, which harmed this prosperous economic sector.
Shaw, 25, was planning to get her marriage certificate on Valentine’s Day with her family and future husband, but they would rather postpone the marriage because the bride’s family refused to leave the house where they reside in the Canton (South). She says “they are neither good at driving nor I trust any means Combined transmission »Expresses concern about possible transmission.
Others remain separate for long periods, as is Shao Wan, 28, who will remain her boyfriend in Taiwan for an indefinite period while she works in Beijing. "I don't want to come back," she says. What if he gets infected on a plane? »