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China Blocks Highways To Curb COVID-19, 30 Million Truckers Stranded
By Nicole Hao
April 12, 2022
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In the following days, the owner tried to sell the potatoes and find some food for the three truckers. However, the entire population of the city couldn’t find enough food due to the lockdown.
With the approval of the owner, the three truckers on April 3 made a stove using a trashed iron bucket, searched for trash that could be burned, and started cooking the potatoes to feed themselves.
“All potatoes were sold out on the evening of April 8,” Wei said. While they were relieved that they were free from the goods, they were subsequently kicked out of the storage area and made homeless.
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“We are waiting for the lockdowns to lift. We don’t know when the local government will allow us to leave,” Wei said. The potatoes’ owner set aside about 110 pounds of potatoes for the truckers, which would feed them for about six days.
Wei said they weren’t alone. A big number of truckers were living on the streets in Shanghai and waiting for the lockdown to lift.
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Lu said he witnessed many truckers crying or depressed while stranded on the highway. He tried to encourage himself because he had two teenage children at home who were waiting for him and his income.
China Blocks Highways To Curb COVID-19, 30 Million Truckers Stranded
By Nicole Hao
April 12, 2022
....
In the following days, the owner tried to sell the potatoes and find some food for the three truckers. However, the entire population of the city couldn’t find enough food due to the lockdown.
With the approval of the owner, the three truckers on April 3 made a stove using a trashed iron bucket, searched for trash that could be burned, and started cooking the potatoes to feed themselves.
“All potatoes were sold out on the evening of April 8,” Wei said. While they were relieved that they were free from the goods, they were subsequently kicked out of the storage area and made homeless.
...
“We are waiting for the lockdowns to lift. We don’t know when the local government will allow us to leave,” Wei said. The potatoes’ owner set aside about 110 pounds of potatoes for the truckers, which would feed them for about six days.
Wei said they weren’t alone. A big number of truckers were living on the streets in Shanghai and waiting for the lockdown to lift.
...
Lu said he witnessed many truckers crying or depressed while stranded on the highway. He tried to encourage himself because he had two teenage children at home who were waiting for him and his income.