David Foote has lived in China for more than a decade, but after a draconian lockdown, he and his girlfriend just want to return to New Zealand. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Shanghai’s cases drop for fourth day as outbreak eases, while Beijing’s mass tests uncover a worrying increase
Shanghai reported a 20.1 per cent drop in new cases, marking its fourth consecutive day of declines Beijing uncovered 34 new Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours - the highest total since the Omicron ... ( read original story ...)
China’s twin Covid-19 outbreaks in Beijing, Shanghai show tentative signs of stabilising
The recent rise in cases in Beijing sparked fears the country's political centre may also go into a lockdown. . Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Starving Shanghai residents scream at authorities during COVID lockdown
The footage showed the locked-up citizens shouting at officials in Shi Lan San village on Saturday amid reports of food shortages across the city as China doubles down on its “zero COVID” ... ( read original story ...)
Locked down in Shanghai, I’ve caught a glimpse of our techno-dystopian future
For anyone wondering what a techno-dystopian future might look like, this may offer a clue. Scoring meals can mean hours of monitoring your phone: with tens of thousands of people trying to purchase ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing residents clear out supermarket shelves amid fears that the capital city will soon face Shanghai-style food shortages in a lockdown
The panic comes nearly all of Beijing's 21 million residents were ordered to undergo mass Covid tests on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Beijing goes for mass testing amid new COVID clusters as Shanghai reports 51 more deaths amid continued lockdowns
In pursuit of its Zero-COVID strategy, Chinese Capital Beijing has rolled out three rounds of nucleic acid testing for millions of residents in its central district after a sudden spike in COVID cases ... ( read original story ...)