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A year after Wuhan's lockdown: China's former Covid-19 epicenter has emotional scars

A year after Wuhan s lockdown: China s former Covid-19 epicenter has emotional scars CNN 1/25/2021 © CNN Zhang Hai is trying to sue the government for his father s death. On the surface, Wuhan bustles like a city that has never known a paralyzing 76-day lockdown. At dawn, market vendors busily unload fresh fruits and vegetables. Office workers fill popular eateries during their lunch break. As dusk falls, elderly couples descend on the city s parks, practicing dance moves by the Yangtze River. Red lanterns have been erected around the city in anticipation of the Lunar New Year celebrations. © NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/AFP via Getty Images

A year from Wuhan lockdown: life returns to normal, but former epicenter still haunted by emotional scars

A year after Wuhan s lockdown: China s former Covid-19 epicenter has emotional scars CNN 1/25/2021 © CNN Zhang Hai is trying to sue the government for his father s death. On the surface, Wuhan bustles like a city that has never known a paralyzing 76-day lockdown. At dawn, market vendors busily unload fresh fruits and vegetables. Office workers fill popular eateries during their lunch break. As dusk falls, elderly couples descend on the city s parks, practicing dance moves by the Yangtze River. Red lanterns have been erected around the city in anticipation of the Lunar New Year celebrations. © NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/AFP via Getty Images

Crowds fill streets in China's pandemic-hit Wuhan to celebrate New Year

Large crowds took to the streets at midnight on Friday in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, celebrating the arrival of 2021 after a year marred by a deadly pandemic that killed thousands there and required the city to be locked down between the end of January and early April.

China turns off the lights in 'Christmas town' as officials race to meet energy targets

China turns off the lights in Christmas town as officials race to meet energy targets CNN 12/26/2020 By Nectar Gan, CNN © China Photos/Getty Images AsiaPac/Getty Images Yiwu, a manufacturing hub in eastern China, is known for producing Christmas decorations. For months, factories in the city of Yiwu, known as China s Christmas town, have been cranking out most of the tinsel, decorations and other festive ornaments now hanging on trees worldwide. But production almost stopped in mid-December, as local authorities switched off the lights. Ma Hairu, who works for a manufacturer making paper decorations for Christmas and New Year, said his factory was struggling to meet demand because they re only allowed to work half days. We have a lot of orders, but we don t have enough time to make them, he said.