(MENAFN - NewsIn.Asia)
Colombo, February 18 (Xinhua): For Chinese people, both at home and abroad, two activities are mandatory during the Spring Festival, namely, travelling and shopping. But the COVID-19 pandemic has put curbs on both in some places.
Undeterred, the inventive Chinese have devised ways to travel and shop. In China, short-distance tourism and on-line tourism have emerged to meet the need under pandemic conditions. While shops are open in China, in some countries abroad like Sri Lanka, where there are few shops selling Chinese products, expatriate Chinese depend on on-line shopping via trans-national enterprises.
After the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, flight frequencies to China have been reduced, which has blocked the once common way of buying things Chinese. But not to worry: online shopping from China has become one of the most convenient ways for the Chinese in Sri Lanka to purchase Chinese products.
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