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In Wuhan, China, the first city in the world to be devastated by the coronavirus, the long months of lockdown have now faded from view. https://nyti.ms/2M1yCUh
As residents try to move on, they often cite an old Chinese saying that warns against “forgetting the pain after a scar heals.” https://nyti.ms/3acEGld
Wuhan residents now savor ordinary things, like shopping and karaoke bars. “Wuhan is now the safest city in the whole country,” one man said.
The lockdown is often described as a nightmare that passed in a feverish daze. But the pain hasn't gone away. https://nyti.ms/3acEGld
The lockdown is often described as a nightmare that passed in a feverish daze. But the pain hasn't gone away. https://nyti.ms/3acEGld
The Chinese government has pressed people across the country to race into the future, and play down, if not forget, the pandemic's deaths and hardship. https://nyti.ms/3acEGld
Anyone looking for lessons about China in the coming years needs to understand what happened in 2020, writes @LiYuan6.
"Beijing has the ability to control what people in China see, hear and think to a degree that surpasses even what pessimists believed." https://nyti.ms/3iG6Okm
"Beijing has the ability to control what people in China see, hear and think to a degree that surpasses even what pessimists believed." https://nyti.ms/3iG6Okm
