Panoramic View of Wuhan
Seems pretty empty for a pandemic virus.
I was surprised at how many modern cars were out front.
I worked in China Oct 1976 to April 1977. At that time, there was not a SINGLE privately owned automobile in the entire country (I worked in three different provinces from far north to far south and transited through Beijing, Chengdu, and Harbin). The transformation of that country in 45 years is truly astonishing.
The lack of people is not necessarily a good thing in this case and probably the sign to the contrary.
Compared to the bedlam we were seeing last week this is somewhat reassuring.
[I was surprised at how many modern cars were out front.]
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/13/business/china-car-sales/index.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gm-china/gms-2019-china-sales-drop-for-second-year-on-weak-economy-idUSKBN1Z606D
https://www.autoblog.com/2020/01/12/india-car-sales-fall/
The Chinese “cities” we keep hearing about are more like massive suburbs with a lower population density than Staten Island. They are cities in the way Staten Island or Nassau or Suffolk counties are cities. There’s a lot of room for automobiles.
Panoramic View of Wuhan
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