People starving and going insane in Shanghai

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was browsing Reddit and this video made the front page. It is absolutely terrifying:

https://v.redd.it/8yh42x9n3ls81

That's the sound of a city of 20 million people being forced to lockdown due to the govt's mandate for zero COVID. The lockdown was put in place suddenly, so people didn't have time to prepare. Many are running out of food, and they cannot even step one foot outside of their apartment doors. There is no food deliver, and everything is shutdown, so they couldn't even buy food if they wanted to. Some people even said authorities were flying drones with speakers warning people not to open their balcony doors and that they should not sing while standing outside:

I can't believe this country is supposed to take over the world. This is some terrifying dystopian stuff and what happens when a govt gets too much power over people's lives. I guess imprisoning and starving people is better than COVID. The trucker convoy really needs to go to Shanghai, not DC.

I mean, I pretty casually watch the news and I have understood that China is a pretty freaky dystopian state for many years now. The only people who can actually change that are the Chinese themselves.

Casual Chinese news watchers would probably think there's a lot of dystopian stuff going on here too.

This is called whataboutism, a classic propaganda technique.

Start your own thread if you would like to discuss the US.

[Anonymous]

Funny, I see a lot of posts on DCUM praising China for its academic success and blaming underprivileged preference in admissions for the US’s supposed lack thereof.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Funny, I see a lot of posts on DCUM praising China for its academic success and blaming underprivileged preference in admissions for the US’s supposed lack thereof.

You do? Care to share a link to any?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The government is delivering food to registered Shanghai residents.
The news here is selective about what it wants to report, i.e. no one is talking about what I mentioned above. It's just not sensationalist enough.

I am not sure what makes you think talking about this makes any of this better. So it's ok to starve people and kill their pets if they didn't fill out the right piece of paper?

Go ahead and talk away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was browsing Reddit and this video made the front page. It is absolutely terrifying:

https://v.redd.it/8yh42x9n3ls81

That's the sound of a city of 20 million people being forced to lockdown due to the govt's mandate for zero COVID. The lockdown was put in place suddenly, so people didn't have time to prepare. Many are running out of food, and they cannot even step one foot outside of their apartment doors. There is no food deliver, and everything is shutdown, so they couldn't even buy food if they wanted to. Some people even said authorities were flying drones with speakers warning people not to open their balcony doors and that they should not sing while standing outside:

I can't believe this country is supposed to take over the world. This is some terrifying dystopian stuff and what happens when a govt gets too much power over people's lives. I guess imprisoning and starving people is better than COVID. The trucker convoy really needs to go to Shanghai, not DC.

I mean, I pretty casually watch the news and I have understood that China is a pretty freaky dystopian state for many years now. The only people who can actually change that are the Chinese themselves.

Casual Chinese news watchers would probably think there's a lot of dystopian stuff going on here too.

This is called whataboutism, a classic propaganda technique.

Start your own thread if you would like to discuss the US.

The Chinese government almost never engages in whataboutism, It kept its mouth shut about America's historical abuses of its own people - which defines the majority of America's few hundred years of history. China pretty much ignores what America has to say and minds its own business.
It would be the US that is constantly criticizing other countries and cultures, projecting its own insecurities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The government is delivering food to registered Shanghai residents.
The news here is selective about what it wants to report, i.e. no one is talking about what I mentioned above. It's just not sensationalist enough.

Well that will take care of any homeless problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't this what non-selfish people do who care about others? That's what people here would love to have us do, to show that we really care a lot.

no

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Funny, I see a lot of posts on DCUM praising China for its academic success and blaming underprivileged preference in admissions for the US’s supposed lack thereof.

You do? Care to share a link to any?

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/30/1049352.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was browsing Reddit and this video made the front page. It is absolutely terrifying:

https://v.redd.it/8yh42x9n3ls81

That's the sound of a city of 20 million people being forced to lockdown due to the govt's mandate for zero COVID. The lockdown was put in place suddenly, so people didn't have time to prepare. Many are running out of food, and they cannot even step one foot outside of their apartment doors. There is no food deliver, and everything is shutdown, so they couldn't even buy food if they wanted to. Some people even said authorities were flying drones with speakers warning people not to open their balcony doors and that they should not sing while standing outside:

I can't believe this country is supposed to take over the world. This is some terrifying dystopian stuff and what happens when a govt gets too much power over people's lives. I guess imprisoning and starving people is better than COVID. The trucker convoy really needs to go to Shanghai, not DC.

I mean, I pretty casually watch the news and I have understood that China is a pretty freaky dystopian state for many years now. The only people who can actually change that are the Chinese themselves.

Casual Chinese news watchers would probably think there's a lot of dystopian stuff going on here too.

This is called whataboutism, a classic propaganda technique.

Start your own thread if you would like to discuss the US.

The Chinese government almost never engages in whataboutism, It kept its mouth shut about America's historical abuses of its own people - which defines the majority of America's few hundred years of history. China pretty much ignores what America has to say and minds its own business.
It would be the US that is constantly criticizing other countries and cultures, projecting its own insecurities.

Thanks for the lies Xi

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the response that Fauci praised.

Where and when did Fauci endorse telling people they couldn’t leave their apartment even to get food even when no food deliveries were available? This is just a lie. You people are so full of it.

Well clearly this is what has to take place for zero covid.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My coworker is from Shanghai and still has family there. She explained and said that people who are originally registered to live in Shanghai are getting supplies normally but those who have moved to the city from other places are lower on the priority list. The latter are facing shortages.

This makes sense. You can’t just live wherever you want to in china. Similar to the USSR, you have to have permission to move and settle somewhere. You have to officially register.

+1 yes, and your application for application needs to be approved, which is not always the case. Especially in populated cities it is very difficult for people to get a residency permit, or “Hu Kou”. Many people live in these large cities, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, on the edge of the community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My coworker is from Shanghai and still has family there. She explained and said that people who are originally registered to live in Shanghai are getting supplies normally but those who have moved to the city from other places are lower on the priority list. The latter are facing shortages.

This makes sense. You can’t just live wherever you want to in china. Similar to the USSR, you have to have permission to move and settle somewhere. You have to officially register.

+1 yes, and your application for application needs to be approved, which is not always the case. Especially in populated cities it is very difficult for people to get a residency permit, or “Hu Kou”. Many people live in these large cities, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, on the edge of the community.

You are okay with that?!?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The government is delivering food to registered Shanghai residents.
The news here is selective about what it wants to report, i.e. no one is talking about what I mentioned above. It's just not sensationalist enough.

So all the undocumented immigrants can starve?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend has lived in Shanghai teaching English for over a decade. He has been getting food and grocery deliveries, including yesterday. Don’t believe everything you read.

+1 I also have a friend in Shanghai - a US ex-pat teacher - and she's having no trouble getting deliveries. It's certainly possible that some people are having issues but it's not the whole of Shanghai.

[Anonymous]

It’s horrendous. I’m a a liberal person of Asian heritage. I don’t know why so many dc families are excited about their kids learning Chinese. It’s an absolutely authoritarian society. I was equally appalled in college and after college when some of my democratic socialist friends praised China and also Cuba and Venezuela. They claim the info we get here is all skewed. Well they kill and torture journalists in those countries and imprison people for speaking out against the government.