One year on from lockdown, Wuhan clubbers party all night
23 January 2021 |
3:31 pm
A year since Wuhan entered the world's first coronavirus lockdown, clubbers in the Chinese city, some with cigarettes in hand and others wearing bunny ears, dance to pulsating beats at a nightclub called "Super Monkey".
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