Egyptian teacher stays in China despite outbreak
By Feng Zhiwei and Zhang Yu |
chinadaily.com.cn |
Updated: 2020-02-08 20:42
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After more than 10 years in China, an Egyptian teacher refuses to leave when the country facing a difficult fight with the novel coronavirus.
Roma, 34, teaches English at a training agency in Dongping town, Anhua county in Central China's Hunan province, which neighbors Hubei, the center of the outbreak.
"I believe the current difficulties are temporary and I have faith in China," he said, adding the country is his second hometown. His wife and three children are with him in Hunan.
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