For many of Shanghai’s residents, the draconian lockdown has lasted more than three weeks. Chinese social media has exploded with anger in a way not seen since the early days of the pandemic in Wuhan, with censors struggling to eliminate the criticism. Meanwhile, thousands of Chinese social media users unable to leave their apartments have shared stories of people with life-threatening illnesses who have been unable to get treatment. Against micro-fascism’ were just some of the banners that went up on campus (and spread on social media) after more white suits were photographed installing cameras outside the female toilet. One widely-shared social media post asked, not unreasonably, whether the zero-Covid policy was not causing far more harm than the virus itself.

Source: Daily Mail April 29, 2022 00:33 UTC