Covid-stranded Chinese in online splurge over Lunar New Year
Online food sales surge 40% as separated families try to bridge the distance amid travel restrictions
08 February 2021 - 16:31
Shanghai — Chinese unable to reunite with loved ones this Lunar New Year are sending them a taste of home instead, using food packages to bridge the distance, as coronavirus warnings in some regions put a stop to the usual lengthy journeys home.
Beijing resident Wang Hui has received homemade dried beef, fried rabbit, spicy tofu and smoked pork that his mother bought online for him after he decided not to visit his southwestern home city of Chongqing...
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