Lax policies in Italy worry Chinese
2020-03-07 10:16:48 source：Global Times
March 6, 2020
"Italians are still singing songs and dancing [without being influenced by the coronavirus], but the Chinese are horrified," said Li Na, a Chinese national who runs a bar in Italy.
Li said more than 200,000 Chinese nationals live in Italy, mostly from Lishui and Wenzhou in East China's Zhejiang Province, operate clothing factories or service businesses such as restaurants and bars. Li told the Global Times that not many Chinese people from Zhejiang that she knows in Italy have returned home due to the outbreak. "But many are planning to return or have booked flights," she said.
Li said this is because the outbreak is spreading rapidly in Italy, but the country's lax policies for epidemic control are at odds with the Chinese people's sense of protection.
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