Wuhan is pretty much at the centre of a lot of things:-
1. The centre of the fight between the Communists (CPC - Communist Party of China) and the Nationalists (KMT - Chinese Nationalist Party - CNP) back in the early 20th century.
The CPC ended up in power in mainland China under Mao (Mao Zedong) and the KMT ended up in power in Taiwan (originally Formosa and sometimes called Taipei by Chinese mainlanders) under Chiang (Chiang Kai-Shek).
Both Mao and Chiang were communists, Mao being an Internationalist Socialist rule book dictator just like Lenin, Chiang was a Nationalist Socialist just like Hitler.
Both however were in a civil war over who would rule China, Mao and his killers won power in mainland China and the subsequent death of up to 50 million proles in such folly as the great leap forward and other flights of fancy.
Chiang and his followers ruled for a while but eventually Taiwan evolved into a capitalist market based economy with fairly free election processes and minimum deaths through follies (such as the Little Red Book and the great leap forward).
2. The centre of mainland China, Wuhan - pretty much so, just like Afghanistan is at the centre of another dictatorial area, the Stans or lands converted to Islam, these are also turgid layabouts in the modern World much like China.
3. The centre of the bat eating culture of China that is responsible for the current time virus that is affecting the rest of the World. The unfortunate side effect that Xi and co. had not planned upon when they tried to take advantage of the uncontrolled spread of the Chinese virus is that the Internationalist Socialist goal has pretty much taken a very rear seat in its goal for World domination, communism/totalitarian/free market/capitalism seems to always end in a hybridisation of the last two, with elections keeping the pollies on their toes and the military at the behest of the people through the political class.
In other words let me make a clear definement:-
Communism has a bunch of arseholes lording it over the proles;
Capitalism has a bunch of arseholes being lorded over by the proles.
Clearly Capitalism has more appeal then Communism, like rule of law, property rights, taxation through effort, the right to vote, you know the basics of the Magna Carta, The Bill of Rights, the Constitutions of most open market based capitalist societies.
The Internationalism that the arseholes wish to use to lord it over everyone is now a distant dream, virtual walls are being erected as planes are grounded, ships from distant lands are not allowed to port, trade restrictions and embargoes under the new to be soon erected duty walls will allow countries to once again grow their own.
The knock on effect will see civil insurrection in China as the newly made middle class will pitch fork the Commies as the factories close and the food runs dry.
Hip hip hooray as the market will once again rule in China, even in Wuhan.
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