China Struggles to Contain Frustration From Shanghai Covid Lockdown | WSJ
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- Despite censorship, videos shared online show growing desperation and anger at prolonged Covid-19 lockdowns in China’s economic capital of Shanghai, where officials are trying to solve issues including food shortages while doubling down on the country’s strict pandemic policy. Photo Composite: Emily Siu
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Please tell me that I’m not the only one who thinks this isn’t about the Covid cases as much as it’s about control.
they trying to slowdown consumption maybe a food shortage is coming
I concur with you
maybe chinese people will at least consider democracy after this
China will be the only pure land on earth, the land of hope for mankind
Exactly!
*"Foreign Forces"* the most common mutual vocabulary among all authoritarian regimes and dictatorships.
that and the word provocation
Isn't America the same?
@@summerain6918 yup USA is same
Guess what, I hear it all the time from the Americans, from their government and their politicians, and their media, and youtubers, common people... Americans are absolutely obsessed with the interference/invasion of foreign forces. Everyone loves that story, especially for a ruling class in crisis. The Democrats have their Russia conspiracy, while the GOP accuses the Dems of collaborating with China. Ordinary people of Chinese and Russian decent became objects of suspicion and inquiry, similar to what the Jew meant to the Germans.
Recently, it is reported that the US government raided a Black Liberation organization due to their dissident stance, and the official reason is that the group was collaborating with Russia to "sow divisions within the American Democracy (another word for the power of the State)"... As if divisions aren't already here in the American society! You walk in the streets everyday and see those zombie-like homeless people roaming the streets, all you can think of is getting back to your affluent home as soon as possible. You don't think something isn't right. You don't see REAL divisions and deprivations happening right in front of you in broad daylight.
Political persecution can happen in the US, as long as it is justified in the name of state security (or "defense of our precious Democracy"). Anyone who has a different opinion of the affair is immediately denounced as traitors, even though the accusers know very well that the US constitution protects free speech and free association, something that they are so proud of when they use that to justify waging savage wars on much smaller, weaker countries. How cynical!
classic ccp, always blaming "foreign forces"....
Foreign forces implant chip into people, control them from inside their brain.
It's amazing one of my friend actually believe in the existence of "foreign forces"
Russia and North Korea also enjoy blaming foreigners.
@@zhifengwang8568 tones of Chinese do
@@zhifengwang8568 It's China, people always believe what xijinping says
It's so dystopian that it almost feels unreal. I pity ordinary Chinese people.
Dude we almost have the same comment and the same name Lol
Me in quarantine for 51 days the world is unreal for me
If you want to see the world tomorrow look at China today because that's where the world is heading. If people continue on with their thoughts and perceptions the way they currently are. If people continue to deny that an evil force exists amongst us controlling us from The unseen then the trajectory will be the same.
It's only when we change our perception of life, it's only when we start to understand real truth that will change the trajectory.
The world will be destroyed and people will have brought in the destruction to their own Earth. But that possibility does not have to manifest.
There's another possibility that human beings awaken to what's really important. There's another possibility that human beings awaken to who they once were.
There are many possibilities.
How those possibilities manifest into reality is by perceiving, thoughts and perceptions create behavior and from behavior is the manifestation into reality.
When we perceive different we behave different. When we behave different the trajectory changes.
If we behave the same the trajectory will be the same.
And remember Chona literally border an irl dystopia (North Korea).
You can't see 1 million deaths in the United States and more than 500000 deaths in India. What does China's policy for the safety of 1.4 billion people have to do with you? Your government doesn't even care about the life or death of its own people, but also comes to point out China's policies
I am a Chinese college student. My life now is very similar to that in high school. It's very depressing. I can't go home or go out of the province during the holidays.
how are you on youtube??
@@aylyi-huh9355 VPN
那也得晚自习哦
Sending wishes to you in this difficult time 💕
你们不早信祈祷君的代价
This is the greatest lesson for Chinese people nowadays to learn the meaning and value of freedom and human rights. I stayed in the US for a while but sadly I'm just gradually coming to be aware of them.
yes, we Chinese learned tremendously about those values via your marvelous example of US
@@SAL-zg7xd I feel so sad for your reading comprehension. Since we are all chinese, I'll type Chinese. 你tm在这嘲讽个屁，我说了我从美国懂得了自由的意义吗？我明明说的是因为上海疫情让我懂得了自由的可贵。我最后一句明明说的是我在美国呆了一阵，但一直到最近我才从上海疫情中明白一些事情。我用的是过去时stayed ok？就算我用美国举例又如何？都这种时候了还要维护中国的做法嘲讽美国？
you are absolutely right！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！help us
are you from chang?
@@Amanda-pz1rr so what? 98% of Chinese still support the government. The remaining 2% like you don’t make any impact in China, hardly even in overseas.
To expand on the rotting food. Some community leaders who are supposed to distribute the food. Are actually reselling them. Mainly to the people who needs them. They'll even take off labels that says donations on them and sell the supplies or throw away what they couldn't sell.
That's really particular and horrible to hear
Private distribution of aid would be regarded as 'smuggling' and strictly prohibited by some community service officers.
Bless to be corrupt public servants just the same with any nation.
Wow
Boiling frog syndrome. Mass Formation.
This is why democracy has a major advantage over one-party rule. If you don’t like something, you have a voice.
Something we should remember here in the US. Compromise is democracy, getting everything your party wants and nothing for the other party is similar to a one party state. Both parties have played a role in that, at this point I’m just happy about a bipartisan solution, I don’t even care if the policy is sound or not. The bar is set so low now
No, it doesn't have the advantage. Similar happened in AU, CA that are supposedly demo(n)cratic.
um, how loud is that voice...
Yes. Farm animals don't like the poor food therefore pick farmers wife incharge instead : )
@@luminouslink777 hasn’t happened in Canada
I don't really know what to say. I've been locked with my family at home for the longest time now here in Shanghai, and I'm really tired of it. I am so disappointed in the government for so recklessly and ignorantly imprisoning millions of people with no foreseeable solution.
I'm truly very sorry to read about your situation.
One communist started a -war- I mean a "Special military operations"
The other one -imprisoned- quarantined their own citizens.
Solution; kill the local officials until you get competent officials. Or just keep killing them until you get a new government.
I am very sorry to hear that. But why are you surprised? You knew they were already doing it to the Uygurs is Xinjiang. Why did you think they would not do it to you?
@@nomoresunforever3695 I was actually going to ask about that but you beat me to it and also I had already lead with the whole w"hy don't you just start killing party officials until you get someone competent" bit....
They didn’t fix that door, one of the $.50 warriors posted that on her behalf
A majority of Chinese have been bred to be docile workers through generations and as you see they forgot how to stand up and fight for themselves... If it was me sure they might eventually catch and silence me but there'd be a trail of carnage and flames letting everyone know that it wasn't easy. Be brave live on your feet or die on your knees...
1:49 I guarantee you police DID NOT fix the door, they only ordered her to say that
Objection hearsay.
Furthermore, China censored the WHO's statement within China. This action is unusual, as the two are generally close.
You mean when this started the Chinese had played a large role in choosing the director. Now it seems he’s settled in and in more independent
@@bathhatingcat8626 Yes, plus Trump leaving the WHO left a vacuum that China filled. See, for example, the WHO’s refusal to allow Taiwan to obtain even observer status. (They should be a full member - their handling of Covid was exemplary, even though China tried to prevent Taiwan accessing international-grade vaccines.)
@@DougOfTheAntarctic I don't think you know Taiwan at all. Go check out this island's latest covid news. You will be surprised.
@@jielinzhou1442 Yes, Taiwan is more realistic about omicron than China. China is "fighting the last war", trying to eradicate Covid as they almost succeeded in doing in Wuhan in 2020. But omicron is a different variant, calling for different tactics. Complete eradication of this much more infectious variant is impossible. Greater reliance on vaccination is key. But Chinese vaccines aren't very effective, and the elderly population has avoided taking them.
@@DougOfTheAntarctic I just want to remind you this. You and I are just ordinary people which has no access to some critical data (vaccine protection rate, injection rate, true death rate, economics impacts, long term health damage etc) that only high ranked government officials can see and make decisions based on. (I mean every country here) Therefore, our knowledge about covid is filtered by our government so as to support our governments' decision on how to contain covid. That is why you are totally against what china government is doing.
In the last 2 years, China has been one of the best country in containing covid virus. It is undoubted that there must be reasons for Chinese government to try its best to eradicate omicron. (maybe you are right, chinese vaccines might not work or there are some other reasons too and how government value different approaches, but we don't know). Before you can presented comprehensive scientific evidences showing what China government is doing is wrong, you cannot say China government is wrong now. (don't forget wuhan lockdown were critised by all over the world in 2020, but later it became the most adopted way)
man I wish I could blame everything on "Foreign Forces" and brush things aside so easily- when people try to argue freedom isnt a basic human right my eyes just roll into the back of my head.. this is what happens to a society that cares more about pleasing the government then taking care of ones own needs.. I hope China gets through this horrible time
Freedom isn’t a basic human right - hundreds of thousands of soldiers died to give us freedom.
- never forget it can be taken away much easier than it was earnt
@@michaelconvery2924 the chinese thinking of mine living abroad that this policy is supposed to live like this but atleast they dont die.
谢谢
Would you prefer 90k daily cases like TW?
This is what will be coming to America soon
Maybe you should be investigating who’s getting rich from these lockdowns
I live in Shanghai and it is crazy over here. I've been sent to a quarantine hotel and I've been locked inside for well over a month now. I've put the experiences on my channel if anyone wants to check it out. I hope we'll be back to normal soon
It will never be. Xi’s reelection is 6 months away. Enjoy at least 6 more months and then the worsening once he is president for life and has unlimited power. You made the mistake of traveling to Western Taiwan to help it prosper.
Where in Shanghai exactly?
Are the quarantine hotels open air or each individual in a closed off room? I've seen footage of people in an indoor hall with little-to-no barriers. How is that going to help stop the spread at the 'hotel' itself!
加油
In the USA you would have been part of the statistics and join the 1 million free Americans in their graves... ;)
Many outbursts of anger against rotting vegetables and other seemingly minor issues are due to the fact the people have no influence on government policies such as the lock down. They know if they openly doubt or against the lockdown in general, their voice will be muted and they could end up in jail. So they vent their frustration on small specific errors that low level officials make.
this is just a rehearsal for the big event in the US. China will soon be hosting street parties like they did in Wuhan. But Americans will be lucky to eat pancakes on Thanksgiving and sardines for Christmas.
@@eduardochavacano I hope so, I'll go to mexico with my latina..
If people are starving anger at rotting veggies that could have been used is not a minor detail. Some of us are very privileged in America to not to know what it is like to starve and not know when you will get food next.
communism is garbage
@@astheemeraldfalls Exactly, "rotting vegetables is a minor issue" only for sb with a full pantry and fridge.
There's more to the story: from sources within China (not officials sources, don't worry), some of the things happening in Shanghai actually happened in other places, including other big cities. However, there was a much bigger outcry from Shanghai, probably because Shanghai is a much more internationalized city.
Anyways if I'm going back to a Chinese speaking area I'm going to Taiwan or Singapore.
Actually this is the longest lockdown of a major city ever since April 2020.
Same
You blame the foreigners?
@@steverodriguez5194 What? No lol
Then they’ll just invade you when you visit there.
I’m in Shanghai now and though most of the footages above i cant see on our web, i believe they are valid. I‘m a business owner myself and from what i can tell, 40-60% of small businesses will perish if the quarantine last longer than a month from now. We have to continue paying our rent, and salaries/social securities to our employees. 1) Government mandates firms like us to pay at least minimal salaries to our staffs(¥2590+ss¥1628). Laying off staffs is the last option if the company quenches its cashflow. 2) Government indeed gives order to SOC to exempt firms rent for 6 months but in reality, SOCs are using private companies to sign contracts with us tenants.
Shanghai's arbitrary decision to learn from the West's herd immunity failed
I'm very sad to hear about your situation.
@@llkk290 how? Considering it's the zero covid strategy that is causing the lock down.
@@Sharonmplus shanghai open up cause case spike
Thanks for sharing. I didn’t know some of these details.
This experience will motivate more Chinese to migrate to other countries. Lockdowns motivated people in Western countries to move out of apartments and into homes. And from cities to regional locations.
Sadly China is trying to prevent people from leaving. I heard some people have gotten their passports cut up at the airport. Many have indeed left though, mostly wealthy people. The CCP probably isn't very happy that all that capital is trying to leave in hordes.
China isn't renovating most passports at the moment...
You act like it’s that easy. Any Westerner in most nations can just up and leave but most Chinese cant afford it and the visa process is extremely corrupted and takes years to get processed.
Moving to uk is alright but if they move to the us they won’t be safe. They’ll literally get racially attacked or killed for being asian
Western propaganda. Us let covid get out of control and let 1 million die. Who wants to migrate here ?
Suicide rates high, depression high, mental health problems high, domestic violence high, increase in social disorder.... but at least COVID numbers are low... sounds logical to me! :)
Saving lives and preventing virus spreading is always the most important thing during a pandemic.
@@aofeizhang8735 chinese bot
Maybe if they would actually allow the people of Shanghai to eat healthily and socialize there would be little to no cases at all. When you get depressed, it’s more likely you will get sick. No socializing, no sharing important germs to create immunity. Honestly, how dumb could some people be?
I feel like this isn’t about the Covid cases but about control.
@@snipz127 You have no idea what's right and wrong...
@@aofeizhang8735 okay bot
Just like in the USA... This is about control, not covid.
Also, why are “emergency food supplies” made out of fresh vegetables that tend to rot quickly? What you need in this kind of situation is to distribute MREs, cans, dried food or anything else with high nutrition content, small size and long shelf life.
Why do you believe what little you see? They are fed fake food made literally with cardboard. Its not about feeding them, its about how little they have to spend to not fall into inhumane treatement.
"Fresh vegetables" , you poor naive mind 👀
What people should also do all over the world, well those who wants to... is grow food forests, fruit trees everywhere.
food rather than lawns, green the deserts (look up Geoff Lawtons work) self sustaining housing (Reynolds) self sustaining cities K(like china has started in some places) etc..
From my understanding, their diet is made by fresh foods. They don't normally eat frozen foods, so because of this the average person will go to the grocery stores every 2 to 3 days.
@@Hawkeye6941 facts. i don't think americans understand how much processed food they consume compared to other cultures.
Good point!
Those police officers in hazmat suits legit look like stormtroopers. It's terrifying.
Even wall street journal changed. It was beyond imagination to expect WSJ to criticize China a couple years ago.
murdouch bought WSJ... duh
While here in Stockholm, Sweden we have never been in full lock down since this started in 2019, restrictions yes. But not lockdown. Now it's summer here, all restrictions have been lifted.
Pretty sure restrictions have been lifted in most major countries now… except China, evidently.
And from what I understand, the Swedes opened up their schools earlier than anybody mask free.
I'm surprised that you guys are surprised by whatever is happening in China. Anything is possible there literally.
If liberals could get away with this they would definately do it. They were able to just do a resemblance of this.
I’m a college student in China and I’ve been locked in my dorm for 2 months now. My school performed pretty well, the distributed meals are free and I participated as a volunteer as well.But I think the main problem is about control of information. Basically we can only get informed through platform like WeChat, no official reports anywhere and in my school, the positive student cannot be reported officially because the government doesn’t allow to do so. So my school just get those infected ones to quarantine and they just live upstairs of me, so I knew about these details. I mean it’s just so upset to come through this.
U sounds like a paid bot from the CCP
Wish you well
@@xNeptune1 Sigh
Is there any possibility for you to consider that a Chinese student used VPN, came across this video and commented?
@@xNeptune1 you’re just being disrespectful to him/her.
From what I can tell from other people in China the problem is people are getting the virus and are continuously testing positive. Meaning a new strain and maybe a new evolved disease. That is all the info I have sorry.
It's like Australia and Canada had a kid.
This is why Hong Kong people are fighting so hard for democracy
Chinese are the most docile people I've ever seen.
Good for that lady who filmed the police breaking her door ! And good for her for not complying.
The amount of control they have on their people is simply mind boggling! I Pity those in Xinjiang.
Why do the people of Xinjiang need your pity? Shouldn't you pity yourself for spending your whole life receiving fake news pushes?
@@taoliu7312 I know where you are coming from, but people I know have been to the region and have seen their crackdown.
It's the same throughout the world though. It's more blatant in some countries
John 6:37
@@benjaminfreeman8111 If you think the rest of the world locked down like China clearly you have no idea what you’re even talking about.
@@FahadFSA Oh. You've been brainwashed not only by fake news but also by liars. You really need to be pitied!
Nice... Better late than never right WSJ? This has been extremely covered by multiple other sources
Imagine having your door kicked in and being dragged out of your home for unjustified reasons.
Imagine a no knock warrant and cops murdering you in your home….
I love how they characterize this as frustrations among the Chinese people. It’s absolute tyranny and evil filmed for all to see and our corporate media in America apologizes for it.
The lockdown will end - and probably soon. The question is if the protests and frustration will continue, by finding other grievances.
No it will not. Xi’s reelection for President for life is in 6 months. He will lock down the nation for 6 more months at least.
Hopefully
I think china is a testfield how far you can go with controlling people...
It will end but the people won't forget
If the CCP walks back on the zero policy the people will question the communist gov. actions. It may be quite some time for this to end there. Hence why they are telling everyone its coming in from foreign sources, food, or other excuses.
God bless you guys love from America.. I'm so sorry you're going through this
真实的情况是，中国只有上海这一个城市封锁如此严格。绝大多数地方都是没有疫情的正常生活。
@@user-hh5ms5qd4g good to hear this. But even if it concerns 1 city, it is still unacceptable.
@@user-us4mc7ej3c 美国的死亡人数如此之多，如果中国全部开放，会死掉上千万人，这几乎等于一个小国家的全部人口。这个死亡数量预期刚好接近被封锁的上海人口数量，所以解封还要等待时机。
@@standown2080 dying free, without being locked down in a cage like an animal
@@user-us4mc7ej3c 你不能忍受待在家里1个多月，但你可以接受提前50年永远躺在棺材里…😂。那犯罪被关进监狱的人应该都学会自杀。也不会存在永久监禁这一词了。白人的思维真的跟小学生一样幼稚
An excellent educational video for government official training titled: "How not to handle a pandemic" :(
educational video on why communists are garbage.
Welcome to know the reality of China.
Lack of democracy.
Chinese forgot democracy in favor of economic development. Now, they are paying the price.
forgot? tienanmen square was china actively suppressing the democracy that came with economic integration...this is just a result of an authoritarian state
China did not forget democracy but China did prioritize economic developments. Shanghai relaxed the restrictions too quickly, which allowed the local outbreak, which forced the government to impose wide lockdowns with chaotic management. Luckily the outbreak has dwindled now and Shanghai is expected to reopen in June.
true, US remembered democracy in favor of economic development... freedom to protests, freedom to shoot anyone you like,freedom to die... yes we are paying the price to have outbreak controlled and death toll minimized, we are paying the price to have life back not normal gradually
It is very disturbing. I feel for them. Drive you crazy... Let me out of this prison...
People will put up with a bad government if they have the basics. Lock them in rooms and take the basics away, that’s when it hits the fan.
Will you put up with your wife being put into prison for no reason? Would you put up with an eye-witness of her going into a hospital operating room completely healthy and not come out? Would you put up with that? Or would you fight back? Search for "China Organ Harvesting Tribunal".
Why the rush to get people out of their apartment to be around other people?
and this is what the NBA openly supports.
No Brain Animals? Just a guess lol
Prosperity is just an illusion when the system is authoritarian 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
@@standown2080 if only an authoritarian country hadn't create a virus
None of this has ever been about Covid.
Thanks for sharing about the situation here in Shanghai. It’s incredibly tough for most of us but we are keeping a positive attitude and hope things will be “normal” soon.
Nothing is normal under a communist regime.
Summon a mass prayer ritual. I'd love to switch places with you. Quarantines, restrictions, and isolation mean nothing to me after I had an epiphany that I didn't even survive the first round. And a corpse can't really die twice so I don't mind being a hostage.
Hey Expat Nat...sometimes hope is not enough. You all must somehow organize in order to put the control back into your hands.
making an authoritarian state the global supply chain hub is never a good idea. this is a key issue with globalism. where cheap labor is, there's almost certainly bad governance
Thank God I wasn't born in China.
The World Health Organization telling China it should rethink it's strategy, is just lame. The WHO should rethink all of it's strategies and how they tell other Countries on how to deal with Covid. It is not working.
This would never happen in America for one reason- guns
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'no food' = FOreiGn ForCE aTTack!!
How can they keep it out of their country when they are creating it in their country
Chinese President Xi Jinping is reportedly suffering from a “deadly brain aneurysm”
Hopefully he suffers greatly
Hmmmm I'm beginning to wonder the same about Joe Biden?
@@steveeddy6876 Joe got Alzheimer's
It's easy to imagine when people are pigs fed by the big brother.
Yes, even after all of this, Chinese people don’t know what’s going on. The hatred towards foreigners doesn’t change. It’s all because they’re closed off from the world. Sigh
I feel connected to people who are fed up to be oppressed. Huge support from around the world. Be brave and be civilized but not obedient.
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I have been working in China, but I could nevet imagine living there. The oppression is always there under the surface.
Aren't these the same Urinalist that praised China's COVID protocols?
I feel bad for those that are being abused by bad people in Shanghai
Please realize that the "bad people in Shanghai" are doing what the CCP demands. It is not the fault of the local Shanghai officials, but the corrupt CCP families. Yes... FAMILIES!!!! I hope you realize by now that the CCP is made up of Chinese families who have power over you, and have become corrupt because of their power.
this is madness
This is China - and this is normal.
3:59 Police Brutality
2:15 to 2:31 LIEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
i'm a student in shanghai ,this is the very first time i feel UPSET and DISAPPOINTTED for chinese government ,endless lockdown,terrible management .....i cannot understand this kind of solution to virus, this is not the case happens in 2020,we have to consider it seriously
Remember when Elon Musk criticized California for their lockdowns.. wonder why he’s been mute during Shanghai’s :)
Telsa's biggest factory is in Shanghai 👍
Hmmmm he's Building Tesla's there?
Hmmmm Tesla's built in China? How long before they break down?
@@steveeddy6876 mhm. If it weren’t for China Musk wouldn’t be the richest man in the world. Hence why he placates the CCP & even opened a Tesla store in Xinjiang where the uighurs are being held in “re-education camps.” He’s an ansshole…
@@laurie6644 pfft China doesn’t have tech or ai. They have tech & ai stolen from foreign companies lol.
I pray for the peoples of China
Shanghai is occupied territory. Go back long enough before the CCP and you will find it was it's own country with it's own leadership. After they were conquered the people of Wu were denied the right to self govern. Like a child whose inheritance has been stolen the CCP are now the current occupiers of Shanghai and have every right to tell them enough is enough.
Never forgive. Never forget
Oh My.....im so freaking tired of this Covid Issue...when is this going to stop!!!!!! ??
Imagine if they had guns
They would shoot up grocery stores and do drive-bys?
They know Kung Flue… (In Neo’s voice).
then they'd die, people cant fight the government anymore, this isn't the 1800s
Meaningless when government has tanks and machine guns.
@@naruoze Afganistan now they have tanks and machine guns.
Covid is not that bad. Luckily I don't know anyone who died of covid. I know people who had covid and is fine.
I do try to avoid getting covid and so far so good.
That door breaking is straight out of a scene from the Shining
Xhi Ning
Shanghai is being shanghaied!!!
Having spent time in China it's still hard for me to figure out what the reason or strategy is behind this, and despite all the political and cultural oddities of China Chinese people and the government may be horribly corrupt but they were not stupid. What I observed of the CCP and PLA, where it mattered they could be astonishingly intelligent, forward-thinking, practical and resourceful. In some ways more than than Americans or even the Japanese, and very often frighteningly so. I'm inclined to believe there's a hidden reason for what appears to be madness, and it's not good.
It's about face, Xi Jinping's face. If you know Chinese you know face is the most important thing for them.
World Reset. This will disrupt exports from china therefore the world panics. It’s the only way they can force people to not work
可以告诉我美国每天的感染人数与死亡人数吗，谢谢
主要是这样的封锁强度还在可接受范围之内
@NRG 经过疫情爆炸式增长，美国现在每天死亡人数是多少？
而且还有一个担忧，这次的疫情太过不同寻常，已经持续了三年还没有结束，而且还在不断变异。
I heard that in some locked down communities in Shanghai, people started chanting USA! USA! USA!… what does that tell you.
Taiwanese here. If there are any mainland Chinese people reading this comment that ever wonder why Taiwanese don't wanna be a part of China, this is why.
Ah the beautiful high civilized lifestyle of China, Shanghai.
I hope they keep doing the Covid Zero strategy.
I hope your username turns out to be true.
The 25 million ppl need to unite and outnumber the police and govt! It’s crazy to accept living in lockdown! Forced prison!
It's the most logical thing to do for them. It's either that or probably starve for non-compliance.
A guy wearing pyjamas on the street, you know you're in Shanghai!
The most surprising thing about China is the silence and acquiescence of the Chinese people for more than 70 years of Communist rule. Of course baring the protest in 1989. But most times nearly 1.3 billion people have accepted this way of life as normal. I think the answer must be in the fact that the CCP has given them development and wealth so it compensates for handing over their freedom.
but its not 1.3 billion people living this way is it? its just shanghai. Everywhere else in china is fine with the 15 day quarantine of individuals instead of locking down the entire province.
@@orangerightgold7512 Yes, that's true. But my point was that despite living under an authoritarian government for nearly 70 years, most people in China seem to be happy with that. They're ok to compromise their freedom for development.
@@reach2prasanna well what choice do they have? they suffered a century of humiliation, got taken over by japan then forced to give up part of its country to different western powers and was exploited to no end. so it was either give up a bit of freedom for development or stay exploited.
@@orangerightgold7512 Yes that makes sense. But I'd like to draw parallels with India. We in India have also had to endue centuries of foreign invasion, destruction, subjugation but we choose to live under a democracy, where people still hold power. but because of that maybe we'd the give up on developing fast, at least as fast as China did.
Me and my husband are locked in Shanghai in our compound for 2 months. Zero-policy this year in inadequate. Omicron is not as dangerous as Ebola, and the number of infected in Shanghai is 0,1 - 3 %. We just have to accept this situation and obey the policy. Shanghai has always been a great international city, I hope and pray for it to get back to normal life and freedom.
Not while Winnie the Pooh is in charge.
I am glad I left China a few years ago when I saw the direction it was heading in.
If the government doesnt try to controll the virus . The pandemic will kill many old people in a very short period of time. Is that what you want to sacrifice to have your freedom ? if every country tried totally lockdown as China did . Humanity would have been enjoying freedom for a long time .
Sounds very free... because you can leave right
@@shrugrug7172 or not while a communist regime is in power.
Hopefully mainland ordinary Chinese people will rise up against CCP
Why keep forcing something to work that doesn’t work
Given the slow-to-start effects on the pancreas, brain, and heart, I’m surprised how many people are still focusing on early stage disease and death rather than asymptomatic long covid as the main problem.
Our short sight may prove to bite us in the long run...
who cares, freedom of choice for any country that smokes cigs is NECESSARY
just a year ago when India suffered the devastating covid 2nd wave China officially mocked the deaths of Indians I hope China is now enjoying its own medicines😌
Well the numbers of death in china is still far far far away in another galaxy compared to India. Nothing to gloat about..
Whats wrong with you? Don't blame sickness on others.
@@wendyshoo3476 lol it's not blame it's called doing the right thing.
"From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Matthew 4:17.
It's a wonderful sign to be seen, finally some chaos on it's street
Imagine a country banning its own national anthem. What does that speak of their system?
A beautiful Utopia to the left.
No. This is Utopia. The fake image of CCP Western Taiwan has been lifted for all the world to enjoy. This is karma for their CCP virus released to murder the world.
I hope WSJ report what's happening to the US the same way as they report on China.
it's impossible for a democratic country's media say anything fundamental and systematical wrong about it's government.
NOT ONLY Shanghai！！！！currently in Peking medical personnel are also working 24h。。。。。。
It is very frightening that they are still taking these measures. they would NOT be doing this to their economy for no reason.
it's like they know something we don't. we should be cautious or our own arrogance.
They're doing it to tank OUR economy. They only thing they "know" is that their people are powerless to stop them. To the CCP, starving millions of their own citizens is a small price to pay to destroy the west.
Or maybe the Chinese government is trying to see how easy it is to control the masses. If it was something as deadly as the Black Death then all these measures would be justified but statistically speaking COVID isn’t deadly at all so all these “precautions” being taken are way to extreme.
帮忙我们的中国朋友. Sincerely, an American
1000000......
I can tell you some cases are even worse than this. This is inhuman. World should help people in Shanghai.
They treat people like animals
Its absolutely disgusting 😤 wow, madness those poor people 😢
People love Chinese food we have to help them
hahahahahaha
And we need to get the Wu-Tang Clan to help negotiate a peace treaty with the Chinese this is real
This is why top down control doesn’t work. It works in some situations but not in others. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
It absolutely does work... for the people at the top.
they call that righ there communism.
it's called fascism