The motto of Wuhan is “Different Every Day,” because the city is growing so quickly. I’ve seen it myself, teams of workers transforming the urban landscape with great efficiency. There are many parts of Wuhan that are as nice or better than the best shopping, commerical and cultural centers in Los Angeles. Opera houses, riverfront walks, high-end merchandise of all descriptions…. in the malls, the escalators are programmed to save energy by moving slowly until sometime steps on them, then they speed up. There are jumbo video screens playing advertisements in stores and on buildings. One mall near my apartment places giant stacks of free water bottles in the open. Han Street, where most of these photographs were taken yesterday, even features a full-blown Madame Tussauds Wax Museum…