So after working to 4:30 am on Tuesday morning on the Quebec students being held for quarantine we head off to the airport at 9 am for a flight to Changchun. It's in Jilin province. North of North Korea and West of Russia.
We land and Qi our producer, fresh out of Carlton with a Masters , turns out this is his home town. After much pressure from Qi and I think his mom, we are picked up by some folks from Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Off we head to a university where the students are being held. We had lined up a phone interview with one of the students, and were getting close to that time. After a brief drive around the new campus we wind up in front of the Hotel that the students are at. We're greeted by a Health Official in full garb. After a few pleasantries we can see two students sitting on the step. One of the heath officials inside says we can call them over. After a bit of shouting Bonjour! they wonder over to within about 10 feet of us.
They are all well. No signs of flu and just want to get on with there studying. Seems this is all really for show. Everyone seems to know, but it isn't going to end until the 7 days are up and no one is going to say "sorry". A couple more interviews with officals then back to our hotel for the writting and cutting.
We got a nice little package out and the folks who pay the bills seem happy. 36 hours in 2 days. Seems like this week will be a long one.
