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Chinese couple trapped on Covid-19 lockdown date get engaged

A Chinese couple who were trapped on a never-ending date thanks to a coronavirus lockdown have been relieved to find that love, not Covid-19, is in the air.

Ms Zhao Xiaoqing, a 28-year-old woman from China's Shaanxi province, thought her date in mid-December with a young man living in a different city would be a one-day affair where she would also get to know his family.

Young Chinese in smaller cities and rural communities often rely on family and friends to introduce potential matches and can meet their date's family at the same time.

"I never thought about staying the night, because it's pretty awkward," Ms Zhao, who was meeting the man for only the second time, told local media on Monday (Jan 17).

But authorities in her date's city of Xianyang suddenly ordered a lockdown due to a spike in virus cases, leaving the woman unable to return home.

The man's parents urged the pair to tie the knot after just one week together - but Ms Zhao said she felt it was "too rushed."

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