Kept on opposite sides of the Pacific since the COVID-19 pandemic prompted governments around the world to close borders and cancel flights, Bruce Rosen hopes progress can soon be made in getting a visa for his wife and four-year-old daughter
Bruce Rosen, left, is seen with his wife, Cibele, and their four-year-old daughter, Brielle, in an undated handout photo.More than five months after he was last with his wife and daughter, a Canadian executive in China has no sign of when his family might be reunited, as officials create special travel channels for people to enter China from other countries, but not Canada.
The family’s months apart haven’t been easy: In China, Mr. Rosen was the only foreigner on board a domestic flight earlier this year when he was asked to get off after the pilot said he was not comfortable with him on the plane. The remaining passengers burst into applause as he left. In Montreal, meanwhile, his daughter recently fell and broke her clavicle.
China, however, is among those that have barred entry to all foreign nationals, including residents. Chinese authorities have maintained those restrictions as the country largely eliminated the coronavirus from its own population, although they have created exceptions for certain countries and companies whose business executives are valuable to the Chinese economy.
It’s not clear how many wish to return. In normal times, thousands of Canadians live in China; in February, the Canadian government evacuated more than 400 people from the Wuhan region in the heart of the initial coronavirus outbreak.
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