Chinese stay home amid alert in Brussels

As the Belgian capital remained on alert over the weekend for a Paris-style attack, most of the people in the country's Chinese community - just like Belgians - chose to stay home.

From the early morning on Saturday, the organizers of public events have been busy sending "postponing or canceling" messages or seeking alternatives.

Zhang Wenhai, a young Chinese artist in Brussels, was going to kick-start a three-week painting exhibition along with another seven artists from Taiwan and the Chinese mainland, who had all studied in Belgium in different years.