As Qingdao, a coastal city in East China's Shandong Province, conducts citywide COVID-19 nucleic acid tests in the latest outbreak, foreigners living in the city are cooperating with and contributing to the campaign.
More than 100,000 foreigners live in Qingdao, one of the top 10 most popular Chinese cities for foreigners. Many of them were attracted to the city for its favorable policies for international talent.
Tire Technology Alliance (TTA), a tire developer created by 79-year-old German Siegfried Ratzeburg in Qingdao, provided testing for all its employees, the company told the Global Times.
Kim Hyung-ho, a South Korean doctor specializing in acupuncture physiotherapy, said since Qingdao is very close to South Korea, local culture is similar too. "But most importantly, friendship and warmth I feel from local people and my colleagues are the reasons that make me stay here for so many years." Kim has studied and worked in China since 1992. He started to work at the International Clinic of Qingdao Municipal Hospital in 2013.
