Decision to broadcast pictures from university campus meets with mixed feelings from residents who have lived with coronavirus restrictions for almost two months. Annual blaze of colour across Hubei’s capital city is latest casualty of controls on movement across China. — SCMP
Chinese state media outlets are livestreaming the famed cherry blossoms at Wuhan University for an Internet audience, as the city where the coronavirus was first reported remains locked down and closed to visitors.
Xinhua News, the People’s Daily, and other mainstream media have put cameras at scenic spots around the campus, and the live video feed has had millions of hits since it started on Monday. It will be broadcast for 10 days between 10am and 4pm.
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