A message from Wuhan residents to countries that scrutinized the city s lockdown, one year on
Chen Qingqing co-leads the Global Times China desk. She covers diplomacy, Hong Kong affairs and Chinese tech firms.
Chen Qingqing in Beijing, Yang Cheng in Wuhan Published: Jan 22, 2021 08:29 PM Updated: Jan 22, 2021 10:03 PM
Editor s note:
A year ago, Wuhan, where the coronavirus was first reported in China, made a decision that has little parallel in modern society: to lock down the city of 11 million. During the 76-day lockdown, the city struggled to save lives and contain the virus, while maintaining the daily lives of ordinary people, a strategy that Chinese top epidemiologists said to suffocate the virus within Wuhan. The city was therefore dubbed a heroic city, whose sacrifice paved the way for the quick recovery of the country. When the city returned to bustling normal life in April, and Western countries, one by one, faced a more severe onslaught of the coronavirus, many W