Going home: COVID sparks Chinese exodus from Italian textile town
Prato s Chinese community s civil protection unit prepare to disinfect the house of a patient suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Chinese district in Prato, Italy May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Silvia Ognibene reuters tickers
This content was published on May 17, 2021 - 14:31
May 17, 2021 - 14:31
By Silvia Ognibene
PRATO, Italy (Reuters) - An unexpected victim of the coronavirus crisis is one of Italy s largest Chinese communities, now dwindling rapidly after more than 30 years of growth in a small town in Tuscany.
The Chinese began to settle in Prato, 11 miles (17 km) north of Florence, around the end of the 1980s, attracted by plentiful work in factories serving Italy s clothing industry.
Going home: COVID sparks Chinese exodus from Italian textile town
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