Amid the coronavirus lockdown, Chinese social media is full of laughter and anger | Yuan Ren

With people trapped indoors, online activity of all sorts – funny, inspiring, government sanctioned and not – has bloomedIn many ways, the coronavirus outbreak in China has been one big social experiment, testing the thesis: what happens when an entire country goes into hibernation for weeks?Since the outbreak was officially announced more than a month ago, less than one-third of China ’s 300 million migrant workershave returned to work a fortnight after the lunar new year break;270 million children, according to China ’s official news agency, are staying home as schools remain shut throughout China.Continue reading...
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