While many, such as myself, have been fretting over the lost of celebrations during the time of March and April I questioned how others have been impacted across the world. Personally, my study abroad, formal, family holiday Easter celebration, and concerts were canceled for the rest of the semester and summer.
I read an article that interviewed a women about her life changes and cancelations due to COVID-19. The virus directly conflicted with Chunyun, the beginning travel period for the Chinese New Year. Typically this is a huge migration of people that could not practice their celebration due to the virus.
As most American’s have been concerned with canceled events, schooling, and work, China and other Eastern countries have taken more extreme measures. The interviewee in China claimed that her and her family. had to apply for residential ID cards. These cards limited the number of people able to live in households. Some households were only allowed to hold three people maximum, causing distress in the country.
As things have settled down in China, the interviewee said life has started to return to normal, but will take time to become the same once again.