Wuhan Diary

A day-by-day account of life inside locked-down Wuhan posted to Chinese social media by celebrated novelist Fang Fang during the first 76 days of China's COVID-19 lockdown in early 2020. The diary attracted millions of readers before being censored on Weibo and WeChat. Its publication in English and German translations drew fierce nationalist attacks on Fang Fang as a traitor who "handed ammunition to China's enemies" — illustrating the CCP's sensitivity about international narratives of the pandemic's origins.