Wuhan, Berlin, Joyce, Bears, LSD

They Shut Down the City Xiaoyu Lu & Allen Young | China Channel | 27th January 2020 Letter from Wuhan, city at the centre of China’s coronavirus outbreak. “On January 23, the day before Chinese New Year’s Eve, Wuhan locked down. Nobody was allowed out. My family cancelled plans to visit our ancestors in the cemetery. [Now] my neighbourhood is nearly deserted. I sleep unusually well. I read old books and make long-term plans. Neighbours remind us to stock up on food, and tell us of those with high fevers who are being sent to the hospital. They’re afraid they might be taken too” (