Chinese Social Media Depicts Chaos in Virus-Hit Wuhan

Chinese Social Media Depicts Chaos in Virus-Hit Wuhan
Chinese police officers and security guards stand outside the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market where the coronavirus was first reported to be detected in the city of Wuhan on Jan. 24, 2020. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images
Eva Fu
Eva Fu
Reporter
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As Chinese authorities scramble to keep citizens calm, videos and messages from Wuhan—ground zero of the fast-spreading coronavirus—reflect the atmosphere of growing panic in the quarantined city.

Wuhan residents, including some health workers, took to Chinese social media, such as Weibo and WeChat, to relay their exasperation and fears for the future in a city that has entered into a partial lockdown. Some have gone out of their way to bypass China’s internet firewall and access blocked sites so that their voices can be heard by the outside world.

Eva Fu
Eva Fu
Reporter
Eva Fu is an award-winning, New York-based journalist for The Epoch Times focusing on U.S. politics, U.S.-China relations, religious freedom, and human rights. Contact Eva at [email protected]
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