Takeaways Beat Dining Out as China Grinds Slowly Back to Life
- Restaurants rules only allow two guests to occupy each table
- Trains move migrant workers to ease labor shortage at ports
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Outside the entrance of a popular hot-pot restaurant south of Beijing, Ma Xueyuan, wearing a mask, is selling ready-made food boxes and says the establishment is also welcoming people to come in and dine.
“But only two guests are allowed to sit at each table, even if it’s a group of three, and there has to be at least a meter between them,” said Ma, citing government regulations designed to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus. Even then, most people prefer to collect the boxes and eat at home, she said.