Public Reaction to Covidiocy in . . . the PRC?

Yes, in the PRC. Apparently even residents of the PRC are getting rather fed up with draconian measures imposed by their government to halt the spread of the omnicron variant. (From late March until a few days ago, the city of Shanghai was apparently under lockdown.) From the Wall Street Journal web site:

Discontent has been widespread on Chinese social media ever since Shanghai started a rigid lockdown in late March. Now, it is moving into the real world.

Sharply falling case numbers have allowed more than half of the city’s 25 million residents to step out of their homes – and many are venting a month’s worth of frustration at being isolated with insufficient food via public acts of disobedience.

The article can theoretically be viewed here. I say theoretically, as it requires a either a subscription or an account (formerly was free, but now may require a paid subscription) to view the rest of the article – and I have neither.

It appears that even current Chinese public opinion is that draconian measures aren’t appropriate for the Wuhan Coronavirus any more. Hmm.

It’s interesting that there’s little mention of the current Shanghai unrest in the US mainstream media. If it’s there, I certainly missed it.

It’s also interesting that this WSJ article – which is among the most recent published on the matter, and is by a well-regarded source of longstanding prominence in the published media – doesn’t come up anywhere near the top of Google’s search for “civil unrest shanghai”. All of Google’s top stories are from the first half of April.

A cynic might think that the US media is trying to bury this story. But they’d never do something like that, right? (smile)

Category: "The Floggings Will Continue Until Morale Improves", China