WUHAN - Shortly after midnight on March 25, novelist-turned-celebrity blogger Fang Fang published the final episode of her Wuhan lockdown diary, called a"battlefield diary" by some.
In an e-mail interview with Caixin on completion of her personal narrative, Fang Fang voiced her opinions on the outbreak, what it was like to live through the lockdown, and the long-term effects the city may suffer.ON THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK: Caixin: When did you first hear about the outbreak in Wuhan?
Caixin: When you heard the lockdown news on Jan 23, what were you thinking? Did you think about leaving? What do you think of the people who left Wuhan on the day of lockdown? Fang Fang: The saddest thing was the death, for sure. The death of your acquaintances, your schoolmates. And knowing the despair of people who were seeking medical treatment even though you could not offer help was really sad, too. What made me most furious was the delay of nearly 20 days in the outbreak's early stages that caused such a serious and chaotic situation later on - it was a man-made catastrophe.
Fang Fang: It would be a mistake to see it as a battlefield diary. It is just the diary of a victim. I am one of the victims in Wuhan. I didn't have any criteria; I just wrote down what I thought. Material was everywhere on the immense internet. It was an individual record, and the focus was more on my personal experience and perspective, so it was quite different from news reports. Life is made up of small matters, and so is a personal diary.
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