"Just like what you are doing here." Victoria Henstock, Deputy Mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand, said this in Wuhan.

Just as Christchurch protects its kiwi, Wuhan protects its finless porpoise.

Ten years of fishing ban—the porpoise is back. Wuhan’s East Lake clears as the city grows.

Nations have their ups and downs, but city-to-city and people-to-people bonds never break.

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