Rebound and reflection in Wuhan as coronavirus claims a million lives, East Asia


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WUHAN, CHINA (AFP) - As the coronavirus claimed its millionth life, people in Wuhan expressed sadness on Monday (Sept 28) at the continuing global impact of the pandemic - more than nine months after it emerged in the central Chinese city. Pride at the city's resilience in the face of the calamity is tinged with sadness at the mounting death toll elsewhere. "One million people dead, maybe relatively speaking in terms of the total global population, it's not a lot," said Mr Hu Lingquan, a scientist and Wuhan resident. "But these are actually all real people's lives," he said. "Every...