Dating apps are thriving in China – but not for romance
Many Chinese are using dating apps to find friends during the lonely years of the pandemic.
Chang Che and Zixu Wang
When Qu Tongzhou, a photography assistant in Shanghai, set out on a long-awaited trip to western China in June, she found the cities she visited to be unwelcoming. As an after-effect of the country’s “zero-COVID” policies, locals were leery of travellers, and some hotels refused Qu, fearing she could introduce the virus.
Pandemic restrictions have made it hard to make new friendships in China – but many are finding ways around that. Bloomberg
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