Wuhan’s elderly reminded of life under Mao during coronavirus lockdown

Life under strict lockdown in Wuhan, where the first cases of the deadly new coronavirus were reported, was a reminder of the past for its elderly residents.One of them, 75-year-old Jiang Hong, said the last three months had been just like life in the Mao Zedong era.“It’s déjà vu really – a throwback to the 1960s when we lived in the people’s communes and everything was taken care of but you didn’t have much choice,” the retiree said.But in 2020, she said officials used smartphones instead of…

from South China Morning Post https://bit.ly/2xQW1Rf