23 January marked a year since the coronavirus lockdown chaos in Wuhan City when 11 million people were isolated for 76 days as authorities tried to contain the spread of a virus that overwhelmed hospitals and emptied streets. Many now fear it could happen again. China announced sanctions less than half an hour after US president Joe Biden took office. A year on, Yue, a Wuhan resident, said he had almost forgotten the chaos in the early days of that long quarantine, but new outbreaks in Hebei in the north of the country - where millions are again in lockdown - brought it all back. ‘The most miserable thing wasn’t death itself. Trying to get medical treatment was more painful than death. Chinese people have a strong capacity to endure disasters. I survived the Great Famine,’ he said, referring to the catastrophe between 1959 and 1961 that claimed at least 45 million lives.
China: ‘more painful than death’
Written by David Fletcher 28 Jan 2021Additional Info
- Pray: for the Chinese people, who have lived through so much disaster, and for the authorities to be more transparent and honest in their proclamations. (Proverbs 19:1)
- More: www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3118854/more-painful-death-year-coronavirus-lockdown-chaos-wuhan
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