Eight Weeks On......

Wuhan - a city we almost moved to once. A city I wrote about in this blog post, that then, was a city few outside of China had ever heard of.

Now the infamous city is a household name right around the globe, sadly for all the wrong reasons.

The official epicentre of the Coronavirus, over 2500 people have died in Wuhan, although that figure is said to be as high as 40,000 by some, who claim China has covered up the number of covid-19 deaths.

Currently over 20,000 people worldwide have developed the virus with over 400 confirmed deaths. While that figure is steadily rising, and has now overtaken the death toll from SARS, it’s still only a two per cent fatality rate.

But China’s Communist Party is taking no chances. At least not at face value.

Despite the many blog posts, I’ve written about China, I still get asked all sorts of questions from people about to embark on their big adventure to the Middle Kingdom.

So, I’ve put together a quick ‘go to’ list, of essentials, to make sure you’re not caught short when you visit China.

What’s the time Mr Wolf? 1 o’clock? 2 o’clock….or perhaps it’s Truth o’clock.

When your small person starts wanting to know more than Mr Wolf’s time, like ‘Muuumm how are babies made?’ It’s time to start talking, or is it?

A record two million people took to Hong Kong’s streets on Sunday to protest Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s controversial extradition bill.

The bill, which has now been suspended, would see criminal suspects extradited from Hong Kong to Mainland China to face trial under a Communist legal system.