Deadly Quiet City Quotes

“On 7 March, Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson meets privately with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. The conversation seems finally to ‘puncture Trump’s bubble’ of denial about the seriousness of the situation.”
― Murong Xuecun, Deadly Quiet City: True Stories from Wuhan

“On her front and back hang homemade cardboard placards. On the front is written, ‘The government covered up the truth about the pandemic – Bring my daughter back.’ On the back is just one large word in red: ‘Injustice.”
― Murong Xuecun, Deadly Quiet City: True Stories from Wuhan

“For Yang Min, and most Chinese people, believing the government is not simply a good choice, it’s the only choice. With a mighty firewall and strict censorship, every newspaper and every television station belongs to the Communist Party and the Chinese government.”
― Murong Xuecun, Deadly Quiet City: True Stories from Wuhan

“want to let his daughter see him cry. ‘Don’t come close,’ he says gently. ‘I don’t want to splash water on you.’ ‘Don’t worry, Daddy,’ his little angel giggles. ‘I’ll stand a bit further away so I can watch you wash your hands.”
― Murong Xuecun, Deadly Quiet City: True Stories from Wuhan

“On the TV, Li Keqiang promises that all patients who should be admitted to hospital will be admitted. However, the reality is that no matter how hard she tries, Hu Weili is unable to have her father admitted to a hospital.”
― Murong Xuecun, Deadly Quiet City: True Stories from Wuhan

“But she was not cowed. On 8 September 2019, she walked down Shanghai’s bustling Nanjing East Road carrying a large blue umbrella on which was written: ‘End Socialism, Down with the Communist Party’.”
― Murong Xuecun, Deadly Quiet City: True Stories from Wuhan

“She began to post articles online criticising China’s finance industry and financial policies, and companies like Huawei and ZTE. ‘Huawei and ZTE are ridiculous. How can they be the backbone of China? They’re just pilferage workshops.”
― Murong Xuecun, Deadly Quiet City: True Stories from Wuhan

“Many old people who have fallen ill commit suicide because they don’t want to burden their children.”
― Murong Xuecun, Deadly Quiet City: True Stories from Wuhan

“In China, few people can afford a serious illness.”
― Murong Xuecun, Deadly Quiet City: True Stories from Wuhan

“You want me to live,' she speaks close to her husband's ear. 'I want you to live, too.”
― Murong Xuecun, Deadly Quiet City: True Stories from Wuhan