It’s a story that repeats itself over and over in the month since the central Chinese city of Wuhan went into lockdown.
As the city’s infrastructure crumbled under the weight of an epidemic the country’s leader called the “most difficult” to control, civilians sprang into action to help one another.
They are ordinary citizens except for the fact that they decided to act. They are volunteers who have no experience in organizing. They have little in common besides a shared sense of purpose.
Inkstone interviewed several people who are making it their mission to save Wuhan. Here are their voices.
‘It was miserable reading the news every day. We had to do something.’
Han Qing, 35, social worker
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Feb 24, 2020