Comments on: Screaming in Shanghai https://habitablezone.com/2022/04/11/screaming-in-shanghai/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2022/04/11/screaming-in-shanghai/#comment-49328 podrock Tue, 12 Apr 2022 05:06:04 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=93392#comment-49328 But then you are short a jar of pickled tomatoes. But then you are short a jar of pickled tomatoes.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2022/04/11/screaming-in-shanghai/#comment-49327 RL Tue, 12 Apr 2022 03:17:42 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=93392#comment-49327 <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shanghai-china-covid-lockdown-drone-b2055301.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">In footage shared on social media, a drone can be seen urging residents to return inside, saying: “Please comply with Covid restrictions. Control your soul’s desire for freedom. Do not open the window or sing.”</a> In footage shared on social media, a drone can be seen urging residents to return inside, saying: “Please comply with Covid restrictions. Control your soul’s desire for freedom. Do not open the window or sing.”

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2022/04/11/screaming-in-shanghai/#comment-49326 podrock Tue, 12 Apr 2022 02:54:36 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=93392#comment-49326 A million voices crying out. We had the nightly howl early on to support each other during our recommended limitations of travel. I'll always remember it. But this was different. This was anger and pain. And here we have people complaining about masks and remote learning. If what I have heard is true, authorities are putting seals on doors. If the seal gets broken... Why is it different this time? Is there a new variant? Or is it political control? This is one of the richest cities in China. This is their financial district. The upper-upper middle class. At some point the citizens may realize there are more of them than the police. Then it gets weird(er). A million voices crying out.

We had the nightly howl early on to support each other during our recommended limitations of travel. I’ll always remember it. But this was different. This was anger and pain. And here we have people complaining about masks and remote learning. If what I have heard is true, authorities are putting seals on doors. If the seal gets broken…

Why is it different this time? Is there a new variant? Or is it political control? This is one of the richest cities in China. This is their financial district. The upper-upper middle class. At some point the citizens may realize there are more of them than the police.

Then it gets weird(er).

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