Locked down in Beijing, I watched China beat back the coronavirus [washingtonpost.com]
By Gerry Smith, The Washington Post, March 16, 2020 BEIJING--The grocery stores were brimming with shoppers and produce. Around the corner, a line was forming outside a stall selling pillowy white steamed buns. The gray, brick-lined alleys of this old imperial capital, deserted several weeks ago, were congested again by newly licensed drivers struggling to park their outsized Audis. I knew then: Beijing was slowly, unmistakably, returning to normal. [ Please click here to read more .]