In 2020, fight it!
2020 is a magical year. Under the shadow of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, life in all walks of life is very difficult.
The more difficult it is, the more difficult it is to rise up. In this special period, the overseas Chinese and Chinese people are not discouraged.
Among them, there are "retrograde" front-line Chinese medical staff, Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurs seeking innovation and change, and Chinese educators who "suspend classes without stopping"... "difficult".
Data map: On December 14, local time, in a mall in Markham, Greater Toronto, Canada, customers bought packed meals at a Hong Kong-style roast meat stall.
Starting from that day, the York District, where the Chinese settlements such as Markham are located, has been classified as the “gray area” with the highest level of epidemic prevention in Ontario, and has been banned for at least four weeks.
In response to the current severe epidemic, many places in Canada are continuing to strengthen epidemic prevention and restriction measures.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Yu Ruidong
Medical staff, very hard!
After the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, many Chinese medical staff tried their best to save people on the front line of the "war epidemic."
Chinese-American nurse Xu Lin cut her hair and voluntarily invited Ying to the hospital in New York, the epicenter of the epidemic; Malaysian doctor Huang Wenxiu canceled her honeymoon trip and kept in the hospital wearing tight protective clothing every day; the post-95 girl Ye Hanquan resolutely rushed to the front line and became A nurse in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Spain.
Despite the great risk of infection, in order to save people, they work overtime and work day and night.
The attending physician in the intensive care unit of Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, New York, Xu Cecily's husband is almost endless, and often has no time for lunch.
Even on his birthday, he still sticks to his job.
Seeing that his colleague fell, he used his rest days to fill manpower vacancies, and even entered the ward for the pregnant nurse.
Since the outbreak, the Spanish respiratory physician Ji Zichen has been waiting around the clock to rescue patients in the intensive care unit. In addition to all the work outside the isolation area of the respiratory department, he also provided technical guidance on respiratory support equipment for other non-intensive care wards.
In order not to bring the virus home, medical workers are also "struggling" in their own epidemic prevention.
Li Xiru, a Chinese-American doctor in Malaysia, knows better than anyone that the best way to care for his family is to do a good job in epidemic prevention.
Every day I hug my family before going to work, and I must disinfect before entering my house after get off work, and I will soak the changed clothes in the medicine.
Nana, a Chinese doctor who works in the Paris Emergency Center, was worried that the risk of occupational exposure was too great. For a long time, she could only look at her daughter under the window of her parents' home to relieve love.
Chinese medical staff "fight" on the front line, guarding people's health.
Chinese businessmen, very hard!
Under the epidemic, all industries are in depression.
Under strict epidemic prevention measures, the source of customers has decreased, and most overseas Chinese restaurants are struggling to support them. They are faced with unprecedented severe challenges.
In order to "live", everyone chose to take a positive attitude and try hard.
More and more Chinese restaurants are trying to operate outdoors. Various outdoor boxes such as bubble rooms, glass houses, warm tents, and sky restaurants have become a beautiful scenery in Chinatowns all over the world.
Data map: On December 18, local time, in Arlington, Virginia, USA, customers dine in an outdoor plastic house provided by the restaurant. This plastic house was named "Space Bubble House" to prevent the spread of the new crown virus .
The bubble house of the "Fuji Tavern" Chinese restaurant in Flushing, New York City is particularly eye-catching; many restaurants and other restaurants in Toronto have set up large sun umbrellas and set up seats and stalls to welcome citizens and tourists; German Chinese restaurants have opened outdoor glass houses to make Diners have peace of mind.
Under the tremendous pressure of survival, Qiu Xinqiu has become the common choice of overseas Chinese restaurant industry.
A Chinese hot pot restaurant in Jakarta, Indonesia, launches take-out box lunches with different dishes every day, and provides on-site hot pot takeaways.
The owner of a landmark old-fashioned restaurant in Massachusetts, USA, changed the parking lot to an open-air car cinema and provided "food delivery to car" service.
"Zhaofumen", a time-honored Chinese restaurant in Yokohama, Japan, has set its sights on food delivery robots, which not only enhance the safety and experience of guests' meals, but also use AI technology to improve the efficiency of food delivery and save labor.
The epidemic has made traveling abroad a very "luxury" thing.
In the days when there is no business, the overseas Chinese tourism industry did not fail to recover, but tried their best to think about the future of tourism.
Data map: On May 18, local time, the doors of shops selling tourist goods on the streets of Chinatown in San Francisco, USA were closed.
On the same day, the San Francisco Bay Area further restarted the economy, and certain types of street shops in San Francisco and other areas could reopen by way of roadside pickup.
However, because there are almost no tourists, many shops in San Francisco's famous Chinatown are still closed.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan
The Chinese travel agency in France focuses on improving business capabilities, training tour guides, organizing "wandering", and promoting French scenic spots.
Meng Wei, the president of the Japanese Chinese Tour Guide Union, focuses on improving the team's business capabilities, solving the problems left by the busy business, and leading the team to relearn Japanese culture and develop new characteristic attractions.
While saving themselves, tourism practitioners gradually found new paths suitable for them and began to transform.
For them, the epidemic is a crisis and a business opportunity.
Gong Wei, general manager of Moscow Pacific International Travel Agency, was inspired by Chinese medicine monographs and theories, realized the importance of health preservation, and prepared to implement the concept of "health tourism".
After the outbreak of the epidemic, French-Chinese Brigade used the e-commerce platform to help others purchase and sell goods. It also worked as a consultant for some French companies, helping to connect with domestic partners and get a certain amount of remuneration.
Zhao Ying, general manager of Amy Tourism in Beirut, Lebanon, leads the team to plan and formulate future tourism products and national destination propaganda figures. At the same time, he is also looking for suitable small hotel projects in Lebanon and Syria, hoping to be in the worst economic situation Take it at a low price.
Under the epidemic, some Chinese supermarkets are facing the dilemma of closing down or about to close down.
During this special period, some people changed their minds and introduced a new model of "order online, pick up in store".
Many supermarkets have launched online shopping apps, mini programs, and even accepted WeChat orders to meet market demand.
Nick, an employee of Quanxiansheng, a Chinese supermarket in the UK, said online consumption is an inevitable trend.
Chinese supermarkets are different from ordinary British supermarkets in that the fresh food categories have changed greatly. Some products may be available when the order is placed, but they are not available on the day of shipment. Therefore, it is more convenient to communicate with WeChat and customers can adjust their orders at any time.
Many Chinese supermarkets in Milan, Italy, such as "International City" and "Milan Store", have launched online ordering services. Customers can order via WeChat or phone, and pick up the goods by themselves the next day.
Challenges are opportunities, and some people buck the trend and open new stores.
The Calgary branch of Canada’s largest Chinese supermarket chain, T&T China, opened at the end of November. CEO Li Peiting said that expanding the market is only one aspect. The epidemic has depressed many people. The opening of new stores also hopes that more Chinese can buy them at home. The familiar taste of China will accompany everyone through the "darkest" moment.
Data map: On December 14th, local time, in Markham, the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, a stall operator maintained his business in the now popular and deserted mall.
From that date, the York District, which includes the Chinese settlements such as Markham, has been classified as the “gray area” with the highest level of epidemic prevention in Ontario, and has been banned for at least four weeks.
In response to the current severe epidemic, many places in Canada are continuing to strengthen epidemic prevention and restriction measures.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Yu Ruidong
There are also Chinese supermarkets that try to break through adversity through transformation and upgrading.
The veteran Chinese supermarket chain Wenzhou Mall, which has been operating in Spain for 22 years, launched its online platform "Kebao Mall" in December. The product category is very rich. In addition to food and kitchen supplies, it also adds digital and beauty products that are not available in offline stores. .
Chinese school teachers and students, very hard!
Under the epidemic, schools in many countries have suspended offline teaching.
In order not to delay learning, many overseas Chinese schools choose to transfer offline education to online.
More than 30 Chinese schools in more than ten countries such as Australia and Spain have opened Chinese cultural "cloud classes". Through teaching martial arts, paper-cutting, ancient poetry appreciation, calligraphy and other courses, overseas Chinese youths can "return" to the classroom and satisfy them. And the needs of learning Chinese culture.
In order to adapt to the online teaching mode, teachers have to work harder than usual to prepare lessons.
The "cloud classroom" of a local Chinese school in Spain has been in operation for more than a month. In order to let students learn something in the "cloud", principal Pan Lili and the teachers started work earlier.
Based on the characteristics of online teaching content, they pay attention to the combination of knowledge and interest in the teaching content, and strive to enhance classroom interaction and attract students to focus their attention in order to achieve the effect of a real classroom.
Han Fang and Chinese educators in South Africa will attend teaching and research conferences every Sunday afternoon, correct students' assignments online on time and give feedback, and patiently reply to hundreds of WeChat messages.
Whenever we see the desire and affirmation of students and parents for Chinese classes, everyone feels that the effort is worthwhile.
The students are also very hardworking. In addition to completing their studies at the local school every day, they also actively participate in online classes at the Chinese school, forming an online learning group in the WeChat group, supervising each other, and punching in on time to complete the homework assigned by the teacher.
In addition to them, there are also Chinese firefighters who are dedicated to their duties to help the citizens solve problems;
The Chinese police protect the safety of citizens and maintain social stability;
Chinese-language media workers describe to the world the measures, progress and effectiveness of the epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic efforts of various countries with lenses and pens...
In 2020, overseas Chinese and Chinese will move forward, and everyone will do their best;
2021 is approaching, overseas Chinese and Chinese people will "work harder" and everything will get better and better!
Source: Overseas Chinese micro-channel public network number (ID: qiaowangzhongguo) Author: Yu Qi
Source: China News Network, People's Daily Overseas Edition, US "World Journal", Malaysia "Sin Chew Daily", etc.