New China Archive

China in the 2020s

Apartments & Graffiti

This photo shows a woman pulling a cart in front of shops and apartments in Wuhan, China (2021)
A woman pulls a cart in front of shops and apartments in Wuhan, China (2021)
In this picture is shown some clown graffiti on a residential wall in Wuhan, China (2021)
Clown graffiti in Wuhan, China (2021)

Wuhan was once a major cultural center in China, and the city featured numerous impressive graffiti murals. However, during the covid-pandemic era, the government issued a directive to eliminate all graffiti. Today, it has almost disappeared across the country.