"We Get Along Very Well": Chinese Couple Trapped On Lockdown Date Engaged
NDTV
"I never thought about staying the night, because it's pretty awkward," said Zhao Xiaoqing, who was meeting her date in his city, when authorities there suddenly ordered a Covid lockdown, leaving the woman unable to return home.
A Chinese couple who were trapped on a neverending date thanks to a virus lockdown have been relieved to find that love, not the coronavirus, is in the air and have agreed to tie the knot.
It is the second time this month that China's state media have published reports about a couple on a date getting trapped by sudden lockdown rules -- but this one has a happier ending.
Zhao Xiaoqing, a 28-year-old woman from northern China's Shaanxi province, thought her date in mid-December with a young man living in a different city would be a one-day affair where she would also get to know his family.
Young Chinese in smaller cities and rural communities often rely on family and friends to introduce potential matches and can meet their date's family at the same time.
