In a crowded Wuhan beer hall, Zhang Qiong wipes birthday cake from her face after a food fight with her friends. 'I feel like I'm living a second life,' the textile worker who lives in the city says https://reut.rs/2KA2GVW  1/6

Outside, maskless partygoers spill onto the streets, smoking and playing street games with toy machine guns and balloons. Nightlife in Wuhan is back in full swing almost seven months after the city lifted its lockdown 2/6

The revival of the city's hard-hit nightlife economy offers a glimpse into a post-pandemic lifestyle that many hope will become a reality in 2021, after the global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines 3/6

In scenes unimaginable in many cities around the world reeling under a resurgence of the pandemic, young Wuhan residents during a recent night out crowd-surfed, ate street food and packed the city's nightclubs as they looked to make up for lost time 4/6

Wuhan hasn't reported a new locally transmitted case of the disease since May 10, after undergoing one of the strictest lockdowns worldwide 5/6

Despite the thriving night scene, Wuhan business and restaurant owners say it could still be some time before the surge in turnover makes up for massive losses during the lockdown. More https://reut.rs/2KA2GVW  by Aly Song and @catecadell 6/6