Chinese in Sri Lanka: picking firewood and cooking, the radius of the activity is not more than three kilometers

Cover news reporter Bian Xue

Five or six bricks start each other, insert three or four firewoods at the gap, lit with flammable grass or paper, and then put on the iron pot to start cooking. Guo Shan, who lived in Sri Lanka for nearly four months, gradually used to get used to two or three hours of cooking. "Anyway, the business is not easy to do now, and there is no shortage of time. My neighbor has no gas for a long time. It is normal for residents to use firewood."

Guo Shan was cooking with firewood. (Photo of Guo Shan)

In "Equator Travels", Mark Twain once described Sri Lanka: "Except for snow, there is everything here." However, after a large -scale protest caused by the energy crisis, the South Asian Island country with a population of 22 million people entered an emergency. On July 9, the presidential residence in Coronapu, the capital of Sri Lanka, was burned by thousands of protesters after rushing.

As the domestic situation has continued to deteriorate, media reports are that as the first country in this century, the country is facing a record of inflation. The shortage of necessary living materials such as fuel, food, and medicine has fallen into trouble.

On July 11, the cover journalist contacted some Chinese in Sri Lanka. They came to this beautiful island country with different longing, but now they are in the coup. What is their current production life?

Power off the fuel crisis daily

"I have started picking firewood recently,"

"I still don't live in Colombo. Except for fuel, there is no gas, and power outages can be guaranteed every day." Guo Shan, who was born in Harbin, was engaged in the inn and lived in Guizhou, Suzhou and Dali. After switching to jewelry business, he currently lives with his wife in Sri Lanka's famous gem city Beruwara. The coup in Sri Lanka lasted for a long time, but the degree of deterioration was what he had never expected.

"Beluwara's cars are queuing for several kilometers. Several drivers have not added oil yet, and people have gone." Guo Shan told reporters that sudden diseases and oil -grabbing fighting are caused by local residents' casualties and injuries. key.

Fruit stalls sell firewood. (Photo of Guo Shan)

"Now Lvar also stops for four or five hours of electricity every afternoon. The specific power outage is not sure. We bought a large charging equipment, so life is normal." In the report After the shortage of shortage, Guo Shan stored a can of gas. "But the gas is reluctant to use it. Now I cook the firewood to burn the fire by myself. My neighbor is an 80 -year -old Grandma Tamil. I will take the initiative to give me a firewood when I look at us. They all sold firewood on the booth, and I have never seen before. "

Because his wife was pregnant, Guo Shan did not have the idea of ​​returning to China recently. He told reporters, "At present, it is not very good, but fruits, seafood, and milk are sufficient. Legend has it almost. "

Economic stopping behavior is limited

"My daily active radius is within two or three kilometers"

Although it is not troubled by power off, Li Diankui, a Chinese Li Diankui, who has lived in Sri Lanka, who has lived in Sri Lanka for more than ten years, still clearly feels the "changes" different from previous years. Affected by the epidemic, Sri Lanka's economy in 2020 decreased by 3.6%year -on -year. The economic decline, increased foreign debt, and inflation, which led to a rapid rise in unemployment rates.

On May 19, 2022, Sri Lanka had the first sovereign debt default since its independence. It is impossible to pay $ 78 million in debt interest, which detonates the sovereign debt crisis. The lack of foreign exchange imports has made Sri Lanka's economic crisis more serious. “最近在当地生活肯定是越来越不方便的，因为经济危机造成没有外汇，还导致没有油和电等等的能源危机。”李殿奎告诉封面新闻记者，自己的活动半径基本上都限制在两、 Within three kilometers, the far away door is very unrealistic. "If you want to cheer the car, you can queue up a day, and you may not be able to add it."

Line -up vehicles. (Photo of Guo Shan)

"The economic crisis of Sri Lanka has been obvious since the beginning of the year, and now the socio -economic is basically in a state of stopping." Li Diankui said, "At present, there are about 1,000 Chinese people living in Sri Lanka. It has been returned to China. "According to her, the Chinese mutual assistance team is more in Sri Lanka." Because it is not easy to go home, everyone needs to help each other when encountering problems abroad.

Recalling the situation on the day of the protesters, Li Diankui said that when the protesters occupied the presidential residence, the local government and the police all deployed the police forces to maintain order at the gas station, but except for individual protesters, most of them were inspiring. Most of them were peaceful rationality. , Non -violent. "The Chinese Embassy issued a security reminder to us that the areas I live are basically not affected by the parade activities. It is mainly the area where the government department is located.

Compared with other cities in Sri Lanka, Li Diankui encountered relatively small power failure. "A little cities will have a lot of power off, and life is definitely inconvenient. Because some people can not return to China here, they can only stay for the time being."

Li Diankui said, "The ticket is not easy to buy, it is very difficult for many people to go home. Now I will not go back first, let's talk about it next year."

Guo Shan told reporters that because far away from the capital, he can still feel "good years.""However, now I don't want business anymore, just live well." [If you have news clues, please report to us.Report WeChat Follow: IHXDSB, Report QQ: 3386405712]

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