Some people of China are taking matters into their own hands with barricades and roadblocks to keep Hubei people out. Information of people arriving from Wuhan are shared, and Wuhan and Hubei people, regardless of whether they are infected, become online shaming targets. These Weibo photos provide a glimpse of life in “double” lockdown. And the people from Hubei who are travelling outside? They are yearning to go back home.
Society
Society
Chinese New Year is usually a time of celebration and feasting, with the festivities stretching all through the first fifteen days of the first lunar month. This year, however, the arrival of the Wuhan coronavirus has put a significant dampener on what is generally the biggest festival of the year for the Chinese. ThinkChina offers a glimpse into the muted welcome for the Year of the Rat.
Society
With the coronavirus in Wuhan causing much public anxiety, Zaobao’s Beijing correspondent Yu Zeyuan asks the experts for projections on how long it is likely to take for this epidemic to run its course. But from various other reports and sources, there seems to be no one answer.
Politics
An online survey by the ASEAN Studies Centre at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute shows that Southeast Asian opinion leaders are split down the middle when it comes to strategic alignment with the US or China. But who says it has to be one or the other? With US involvement in the region on a lower ebb and wariness of China on the rise, players such as Japan and the EU are increasingly looked upon as attractive and reliable alternatives.
Politics
On the first anniversary of her arrest in Vancouver, Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou pens an open letter about her days under house arrest. In an emotive account, she says the strength she draws from warm words and gestures will light her way forward. This is the English translation of her full letter in Chinese. The original Chinese version of her letter is included at the end.