Fang Fang, a Chinese novelist living in Wuhan, the epicenter city of the Covi-19 epidemic, told the story of her confinement in her diary published on the Internet. Intending to publish it abroad, including in France, it is now conspired in his country.
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His story will appear in September in France
In China, Fang Fang, 64, is an established novelist. And it is not at all considered subversive by the regime. She even received the equivalent of Chinese Goncourt. At the end of January, in full confinement, Fang Fang therefore began to keep his journal which she published online. She recounts her little joys like the appearance of a ray of sunshine, the solidarity between the inhabitants. In short, that positive.
But it also tells of fear, overcrowded hospitals, patient refusals, and anger. She collects testimonies from her friends. A doctor, in particular, told him that the authorities knew and did not warn quickly enough. His newspaper has been read by millions of Chinese and foreign publishers have decided to publish it.
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Fang Fang is then accused of treachery by the nationalists. They accuse him of giving grain to the foreign powers which are already criticizing Chinese management, in particular the United States. Chinese publishers therefore hesitate to publish his newspaper. In France, the book will be published by Stock on September 9 under the title Wuhan, closed city .