I Am Not Afraid of Being Infected

Abstract

First published at Jianjiao buluo’s social media platform on February 17, 2020, Meng Yu’s article is the first installment in the serial publications at Jianjiao buluo that deal with the common theme “Lockdown and Mobility: Chinese Domestic Workers in the midst of the Pandemic.” Meng Yu is a domestic worker in her fifties. In early 2020, she had to go back to her hometown in rural China after the outbreak of the pandemic. This essay shows the enormous impact that the pandemic had on women migrant workers and how their bonding with fellow workers helps them to pull through the unprecedentedly difficult times.