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We now have, as a result of a credible global survey, the income poverty figures for , but all previous values are mere estimates. Think of the commune system where millions of peasants were self-sufficient. They now receive a salary, but they also have to pay for the food they used to get free.
The total registered income increases both with the money they receive and what they pay. We think not. On the one hand the reliability of our index is based on its data being verifiable against those published by trusted international sources. There have been accusations that authorities sought to cover up the severity of outbreak during its early days.
China, however, started saying that although Wuhan was where the first cluster was detected, it may not necessarily be the location where the virus originated from. State media has recently suggested the pandemic might have begun outside of China - Spain, Italy or even the US - and have also carried claims that the virus has been entering the country through frozen food imports, though experts have cast doubt on this.
Last year, the BBC went to Wuhan to trace how the first cluster emerged and talk to those who lost loved ones in the initial outbreak. This month, a team sent by the World Health Organization finally arrived in Wuhan to find out how the virus originated, amid concerns over what kind of data and access will be given by the Chinese authorities.
Observers are also worried that with international investigations taking place only one year after the initial outbreak in Wuhan, answers may still prove to be elusive. WHO team probing virus origin arrives in China. What do we know about China's Covid vaccines? How Wuhan went from quiet streets to packed pools. Diary of a life in locked-down Wuhan. Image source, Getty Images. Wuhan endured one of the strictest lockdowns the world has seen in the pandemic.
China's painful year of fighting the virus. How did China tackle the outbreak? This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Back inside the Wuhan market where Covid was first traced. Inside Wuhan: Watching my wife get coronavirus Diary of a life in locked-down Wuhan.
Anger erupts after virus whistleblower doctor dies A Weibo 'Wailing Wall' for a whistleblowing doctor. Image source, Reuters. Dr Li's death made news around the world - here a woman passes a poster of him in Prague. The 'rebellious soul' jailed for filming Wuhan. Did the measures work? In April , Wuhan changed the way it reported Covid deaths, resulting in a spike. How is life in Wuhan now?
Image source, EPA. Wuhan's trains are busy again, amid fears new cases could surge at New Year.
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