Saltwater60
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I had a Chinese kid over my house for thanksgiving and he said it’s really bad over there. He said lots of mandatory testing and they go back to everyone you had contact with, then another step, then another step and forced lockdowns. He said where he lives there are only two entrances and they literally lock you in. He also said when he came here they had one social media ap finally and it’s obviously monitored. He also said upon arrival here he had to take a video call with the local police to show that he arrived where he claimed and his dorm room. I said I’d refuse and he said well funny thing is his parents were locked in the police station until he did that and his parents would be jailed if he didn’t. I was surprised by the storied he told. I thought some of the media interpretation was embellished but it appears not to be.
Clashes in Shanghai as protests over zero-Covid policy grip China
Beijing, Chengdu and Wuhan see demonstrations as anger over Xi Jinping’s strict Covid policies builds, in a test for the Communist party
amp.theguardian.com