Amid the coronavirus lockdown, Chinese social media is full of laughter and anger | Yuan Ren

With people trapped indoors, online activity of all sorts - funny, inspiring, government sanctioned and not - has bloomed

In many ways, the coronavirus outbreak in China has been one big social experiment, testing the thesis: what happens when an entire country goes into hibernation for weeks?

Since the outbreak was officially announced more than a month ago, less than one-third of China's 300 million migrant workers have returned to work a fortnight after the lunar new year break; 270 million children, according to China's official news agency, are staying home as schools remain shut throughout China.

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