• Anger Over Covid Lockdowns Mounts in Shanghai

    From Michael Ejercito@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 17 09:26:46 2022
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    Anger Over Covid Lockdowns Mounts in Shanghai

    Restrictions have strained nerves and livelihoods in China’s largest and wealthiest city, eroding some residents’ trust in authorities; ‘I’ve
    lost confidence in this government’
    By Stella Yifan Xie and Natasha Khan
    April 15, 2022 12:15 pm ET
    Discontent is deepening across Shanghai, China’s largest and wealthiest
    city, now several weeks into a rigid lockdown aimed at crushing a Covid outbreak that is straining the nerves and affecting livelihoods of its
    25 million residents and eroding the public’s trust in authorities.
    The effects that have played out in recent weeks—food shortages, lack of access to medical care, overcrowded quarantine centers and infants
    separated from their parents—have frayed nerves across a city that has
    long prided itself as a pragmatic financial hub at the forefront of
    China’s decadeslong shift to a market economy.
    “I’ve lost confidence in this government,” said one 36-year-old Shanghai native surnamed Chen, who declined to provide his given name because it
    remains risky to openly criticize political leaders. “Only during a
    crisis can you make a proper evaluation of the government’s performance.” Mr. Chen, who has been confined at home for more than a month, said he
    hasn’t been able to feed his family of four on the government-supplied rations of vegetables and milk. While he has managed to order some
    groceries online, soaring prices and scarce supplies of bread and other essentials risk draining his savings as the lockdown drags on, he said. “We’ve waited patiently for the lockdown to get lifted. When will this end?” he said.
    Shanghai eased rules in some neighborhoods this week, but most residents
    remain confined to their homes. Some expressed worries about food and
    said they are increasingly disillusioned by the prospect of an
    open-ended Covid lockdown.
    Among more than two dozen residents who spoke from lockdown, some said
    they are reaching a breaking point more than two years into the
    pandemic. Some are considering leaving the country for good.
    “The damage has been done,” said Liu Yun, a 34-year-old Shanghai native
    and technology entrepreneur who said he has begun contemplating
    emigrating to Singapore while confined at home with his wife and two
    children. “More elites will start re-evaluating their relationship with
    the city and this country.”
    Even those who aren’t considering leaving said they expect some economic
    and psychological scars to endure, along with resentment toward Beijing.
    China has stuck to a zero-Covid policy under Chinese leader Xi Jinping,
    who is widely expected this fall to extend his rule for at least another
    five years.
    Eighty-seven of China’s biggest 100 cities, from Changchun in the
    country’s far northeast to its southern metropolis of Guangzhou,
    collectively accounting for more than half of China’s population and
    overall economic output, have imposed restrictions on movements and
    activities because of the current outbreak, according to an estimate by
    Gavekal Dragonomics, a research firm. On Friday, Xi’an, which earlier
    this year emerged from a monthlong lockdown, tightened restrictions again.

    Residents lined up for Covid tests in a compound in Shanghai this week.
    PHOTO: LIU JIN/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES
    Few cities in China have the economic and political importance of
    Shanghai, which for most of the past century has been a base of
    prosperity at the forefront of the country’s engagement with the world. Shanghai has served as a laboratory for many of China’s most important
    market reforms. It is home to the world’s largest container port, the country’s main stock exchange and many of its leading scholars, writers
    and artists.
    The city has been a crucial steppingstone for generations of China’s
    leaders, including Mr. Xi, who was appointed the city’s top party
    official in 2007.
    Shanghai earlier had a more lenient Covid strategy, using targeted
    lockdowns for affected residences, but tightened and extended
    restrictions amid a visit by
    Sun Chunlan, a vice premier, beginning April 2. Residents see the change
    as a sign Beijing demanded full compliance with China’s zero-Covid
    policy, which Mr. Xi has touted.
    A spokesperson for the Shanghai government didn’t respond to a request
    for comment.
    Even as Covid cases spread in the city this spring, authorities insisted
    that a citywide lockdown wouldn’t be necessary—right up until the day before the abrupt March 27 announcement of mass lockdown measures that
    caught tens of millions of residents unprepared.
    That initial lockdown was set to last four days for the eastern half of
    the city, then four days for the western half. With case counts still
    soaring to new highs, however, authorities then said the lockdown would
    be extended indefinitely. Many of those confined to their homes because
    of potential contact with Covid cases before the citywide lockdown have
    already been kept at home for more than a month, with no clear prospect
    of release soon.
    Residents said they worry that even after the citywide restrictions are
    lifted, the Omicron variant’s transmissibility means sudden lockdowns
    and tough tactics could return at any time, casting a cloud of
    uncertainty that could last for years.
    Since the broad lockdowns began in late March, food shortages have
    spread as pandemic measures upended supply chains, leaving some reliant
    on bartering and the goodwill of neighbors to survive. Some patients
    with non-Covid medical needs have been left to fend for themselves,
    while many have resisted being sent to the city’s chaotic and in some
    cases unhygienic makeshift quarantine centers.
    Shanghai on Thursday reported a record 27,000 new daily infections for
    the prior day, bringing the city’s total official caseload since March 1
    to more than 220,000 so far. While no deaths have been reported by
    authorities, at least three large elderly care hospitals have been
    overwhelmed by Covid outbreaks, resulting in patient deaths.
    Authorities have been swift to censor people’s complaints and what they
    call rumors online. On March 22, two men who shared information about Shanghai’s coming lockdown were investigated by the police on suspicions
    of “spreading fabricated information.” As the lockdown continues, more people are venting frustration at the Covid restrictions, saying they
    are harming people’s livelihoods and straining medical resources,
    despite potential repercussions.
    In a viral online post, one Shanghai resident complained that the
    endurance of residents had “reached its limit,” listing a litany of tragedies and grievances. “Are there officials who still listen to the people?” wrote the person, who identified herself only as An Ordinary Citizen. “How much more do we have to pay in exchange for truly putting people first?”
    The post was blocked on Thursday for a few hours before being restored
    that evening. The person didn’t respond to a request for comment.

    Community workers delivered food rations on Tuesday.
    PHOTO: ALEX PLAVEVSKI/EPA/SHUTTERSTOCK
    Frank Tsai, a longtime Shanghai resident who hosts business and cultural
    events through his company China Crossroads, initially supported the country’s strict Covid measures, but said he was shocked by the food and supply bottlenecks in Shanghai, which is widely regarded as one of
    China’s most progressive and best-managed cities.
    “This regime from its very founding was built on the elimination of
    material anxiety, so it’s ironic that food insecurity is happening in Shanghai of all places,” he said.
    People must “firmly hold on to its pandemic policy without wavering,” China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency said Thursday in an editorial,
    calling on the public to “look at the big picture” despite the
    hardships. “Persistence is victory,” Mr. Xi was quoted saying.
    The People’s Daily, the Communist Party organ, implored citizens to
    “grit their teeth” and put their faith in government officials.
    Some expatriates said the current lockdown is the final straw after
    several years in which they felt China was turning increasingly inward.
    “We are at a critical point. People are really fed up,” said Bettina Schoen-Behanzin, vice president of the European Union Chamber of
    Commerce in China.
    Mr. Liu, the technology entrepreneur, was first confined to his home
    with his wife and two children on March 14, when the entrance to his residential compound was abruptly sealed after several neighbors were identified as “close contacts” with infected individuals. Later, the stringent citywide lockdowns began.

    Li Bing said he worried about what would happen to his cats if he tests positive.
    PHOTO: LI BING
    Mr. Liu’s social-media feed became filled with videos and messages of physical conflicts between residents and health workers tasked with
    keeping people at home, making him more anxious and pessimistic.
    “I’m afraid that this fight against the pandemic will evolve into some
    kind of social movement, where people at the bottom of the society end
    up hurting each other,” said Mr. Liu. “That’s terrifying.”
    Mr. Liu said he also worries about the roughly 200 employees at the
    company he founded 10 years ago, a business-to-business e-commerce
    platform, many of whom are struggling to get enough food during the
    lockdown. His company, too, is struggling from waning demand that he
    attributes in part to the country’s lockdowns.
    Li Bing, a 33-year-old employee at a different technology company, said
    he felt emotionally weighed down after reading numerous online pleas
    from residents struggling to get enough food and medical help. Last
    week, a video showing a pandemic prevention worker in a hazmat suit
    beating a corgi to death after its owners were sent to a centralized
    quarantine center sparked online fury.
    “What would happen to my cats? Would they be beaten to death?” said Mr.
    Li, a native of Xi’an who has lived in Shanghai for six years with his girlfriend and two cats. He said the prospect of testing positive for
    Covid has stirred his anxiety and made him more eager to leave China
    than ever.
    “We have witnessed so many humanitarian disasters already,” said Mr. Li. “I simply want to live as a normal person, with dignity.”

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  • From Loose Cannon@21:1/5 to MEjercit@HotMail.com on Sun Apr 17 13:53:45 2022
    XPost: alt.bible.prophecy, soc.culture.china, soc.culture.israel

    On Sun, 17 Apr 2022 09:26:46 -0700, Michael Ejercito
    <MEjercit@HotMail.com> wrote:

    https://archive.ph/60aoK


    Anger Over Covid Lockdowns Mounts in Shanghai

    Restrictions have strained nerves and livelihoods in Chinas largest and >wealthiest city, eroding some residents trust in authorities; Ive
    lost confidence in this government
    By Stella Yifan Xie and Natasha Khan
    April 15, 2022 12:15 pm ET
    Discontent is deepening across Shanghai, Chinas largest and wealthiest
    city, now several weeks into a rigid lockdown aimed at crushing a Covid >outbreak that is straining the nerves and affecting livelihoods of its
    25 million residents and eroding the publics trust in authorities.
    The effects that have played out in recent weeksfood shortages, lack of >access to medical care, overcrowded quarantine centers and infants
    separated from their parentshave frayed nerves across a city that has
    long prided itself as a pragmatic financial hub at the forefront of
    Chinas decadeslong shift to a market economy.
    Ive lost confidence in this government, said one 36-year-old Shanghai >native surnamed Chen, who declined to provide his given name because it >remains risky to openly criticize political leaders. Only during a
    crisis can you make a proper evaluation of the governments performance.
    Mr. Chen, who has been confined at home for more than a month, said he
    hasnt been able to feed his family of four on the government-supplied >rations of vegetables and milk. While he has managed to order some
    groceries online, soaring prices and scarce supplies of bread and other >essentials risk draining his savings as the lockdown drags on, he said. >Weve waited patiently for the lockdown to get lifted. When will this
    end? he said.
    Shanghai eased rules in some neighborhoods this week, but most residents >remain confined to their homes. Some expressed worries about food and
    said they are increasingly disillusioned by the prospect of an
    open-ended Covid lockdown.
    Among more than two dozen residents who spoke from lockdown, some said
    they are reaching a breaking point more than two years into the
    pandemic. Some are considering leaving the country for good.
    The damage has been done, said Liu Yun, a 34-year-old Shanghai native
    and technology entrepreneur who said he has begun contemplating
    emigrating to Singapore while confined at home with his wife and two >children. More elites will start re-evaluating their relationship with
    the city and this country.
    Even those who arent considering leaving said they expect some economic
    and psychological scars to endure, along with resentment toward Beijing. >China has stuck to a zero-Covid policy under Chinese leader Xi Jinping,
    who is widely expected this fall to extend his rule for at least another
    five years.
    Eighty-seven of Chinas biggest 100 cities, from Changchun in the
    countrys far northeast to its southern metropolis of Guangzhou,
    collectively accounting for more than half of Chinas population and
    overall economic output, have imposed restrictions on movements and >activities because of the current outbreak, according to an estimate by >Gavekal Dragonomics, a research firm. On Friday, Xian, which earlier
    this year emerged from a monthlong lockdown, tightened restrictions again.

    Residents lined up for Covid tests in a compound in Shanghai this week. >PHOTO: LIU JIN/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES
    Few cities in China have the economic and political importance of
    Shanghai, which for most of the past century has been a base of
    prosperity at the forefront of the countrys engagement with the world. >Shanghai has served as a laboratory for many of Chinas most important
    market reforms. It is home to the worlds largest container port, the >countrys main stock exchange and many of its leading scholars, writers
    and artists.
    The city has been a crucial steppingstone for generations of Chinas
    leaders, including Mr. Xi, who was appointed the citys top party
    official in 2007.
    Shanghai earlier had a more lenient Covid strategy, using targeted
    lockdowns for affected residences, but tightened and extended
    restrictions amid a visit by
    Sun Chunlan, a vice premier, beginning April 2. Residents see the change
    as a sign Beijing demanded full compliance with Chinas zero-Covid
    policy, which Mr. Xi has touted.
    A spokesperson for the Shanghai government didnt respond to a request
    for comment.
    Even as Covid cases spread in the city this spring, authorities insisted
    that a citywide lockdown wouldnt be necessaryright up until the day
    before the abrupt March 27 announcement of mass lockdown measures that
    caught tens of millions of residents unprepared.
    That initial lockdown was set to last four days for the eastern half of
    the city, then four days for the western half. With case counts still
    soaring to new highs, however, authorities then said the lockdown would
    be extended indefinitely. Many of those confined to their homes because
    of potential contact with Covid cases before the citywide lockdown have >already been kept at home for more than a month, with no clear prospect
    of release soon.
    Residents said they worry that even after the citywide restrictions are >lifted, the Omicron variants transmissibility means sudden lockdowns
    and tough tactics could return at any time, casting a cloud of
    uncertainty that could last for years.
    Since the broad lockdowns began in late March, food shortages have
    spread as pandemic measures upended supply chains, leaving some reliant
    on bartering and the goodwill of neighbors to survive. Some patients
    with non-Covid medical needs have been left to fend for themselves,
    while many have resisted being sent to the citys chaotic and in some
    cases unhygienic makeshift quarantine centers.
    Shanghai on Thursday reported a record 27,000 new daily infections for
    the prior day, bringing the citys total official caseload since March 1
    to more than 220,000 so far. While no deaths have been reported by >authorities, at least three large elderly care hospitals have been >overwhelmed by Covid outbreaks, resulting in patient deaths.
    Authorities have been swift to censor peoples complaints and what they
    call rumors online. On March 22, two men who shared information about >Shanghais coming lockdown were investigated by the police on suspicions
    of spreading fabricated information. As the lockdown continues, more
    people are venting frustration at the Covid restrictions, saying they
    are harming peoples livelihoods and straining medical resources,
    despite potential repercussions.
    In a viral online post, one Shanghai resident complained that the
    endurance of residents had reached its limit, listing a litany of
    tragedies and grievances. Are there officials who still listen to the >people? wrote the person, who identified herself only as An Ordinary >Citizen. How much more do we have to pay in exchange for truly putting >people first?
    The post was blocked on Thursday for a few hours before being restored
    that evening. The person didnt respond to a request for comment.

    Community workers delivered food rations on Tuesday.
    PHOTO: ALEX PLAVEVSKI/EPA/SHUTTERSTOCK
    Frank Tsai, a longtime Shanghai resident who hosts business and cultural >events through his company China Crossroads, initially supported the >countrys strict Covid measures, but said he was shocked by the food and >supply bottlenecks in Shanghai, which is widely regarded as one of
    Chinas most progressive and best-managed cities.
    This regime from its very founding was built on the elimination of
    material anxiety, so its ironic that food insecurity is happening in >Shanghai of all places, he said.
    People must firmly hold on to its pandemic policy without wavering,
    Chinas state-run Xinhua News Agency said Thursday in an editorial,
    calling on the public to look at the big picture despite the
    hardships. Persistence is victory, Mr. Xi was quoted saying.
    The Peoples Daily, the Communist Party organ, implored citizens to
    grit their teeth and put their faith in government officials.
    Some expatriates said the current lockdown is the final straw after
    several years in which they felt China was turning increasingly inward.
    We are at a critical point. People are really fed up, said Bettina >Schoen-Behanzin, vice president of the European Union Chamber of
    Commerce in China.
    Mr. Liu, the technology entrepreneur, was first confined to his home
    with his wife and two children on March 14, when the entrance to his >residential compound was abruptly sealed after several neighbors were >identified as close contacts with infected individuals. Later, the >stringent citywide lockdowns began.

    Li Bing said he worried about what would happen to his cats if he tests >positive.
    PHOTO: LI BING
    Mr. Lius social-media feed became filled with videos and messages of >physical conflicts between residents and health workers tasked with
    keeping people at home, making him more anxious and pessimistic.
    Im afraid that this fight against the pandemic will evolve into some
    kind of social movement, where people at the bottom of the society end
    up hurting each other, said Mr. Liu. Thats terrifying.
    Mr. Liu said he also worries about the roughly 200 employees at the
    company he founded 10 years ago, a business-to-business e-commerce
    platform, many of whom are struggling to get enough food during the
    lockdown. His company, too, is struggling from waning demand that he >attributes in part to the countrys lockdowns.
    Li Bing, a 33-year-old employee at a different technology company, said
    he felt emotionally weighed down after reading numerous online pleas
    from residents struggling to get enough food and medical help. Last
    week, a video showing a pandemic prevention worker in a hazmat suit
    beating a corgi to death after its owners were sent to a centralized >quarantine center sparked online fury.
    What would happen to my cats? Would they be beaten to death? said Mr.
    Li, a native of Xian who has lived in Shanghai for six years with his >girlfriend and two cats. He said the prospect of testing positive for
    Covid has stirred his anxiety and made him more eager to leave China
    than ever.
    We have witnessed so many humanitarian disasters already, said Mr. Li.
    I simply want to live as a normal person, with dignity.


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  • From HeartDoc Andrew@21:1/5 to Michael Ejercito on Sun Apr 17 13:37:50 2022
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    Michael Ejercito wrote:

    https://archive.ph/60aoK


    Anger Over Covid Lockdowns Mounts in Shanghai

    Restrictions have strained nerves and livelihoods in Chinas largest and >wealthiest city, eroding some residents trust in authorities; Ive
    lost confidence in this government
    By Stella Yifan Xie and Natasha Khan
    April 15, 2022 12:15 pm ET
    Discontent is deepening across Shanghai, Chinas largest and wealthiest
    city, now several weeks into a rigid lockdown aimed at crushing a Covid >outbreak that is straining the nerves and affecting livelihoods of its
    25 million residents and eroding the publics trust in authorities.
    The effects that have played out in recent weeksfood shortages, lack of >access to medical care, overcrowded quarantine centers and infants
    separated from their parentshave frayed nerves across a city that has
    long prided itself as a pragmatic financial hub at the forefront of
    Chinas decadeslong shift to a market economy.
    Ive lost confidence in this government, said one 36-year-old Shanghai >native surnamed Chen, who declined to provide his given name because it >remains risky to openly criticize political leaders. Only during a
    crisis can you make a proper evaluation of the governments performance.
    Mr. Chen, who has been confined at home for more than a month, said he
    hasnt been able to feed his family of four on the government-supplied >rations of vegetables and milk. While he has managed to order some
    groceries online, soaring prices and scarce supplies of bread and other >essentials risk draining his savings as the lockdown drags on, he said. >Weve waited patiently for the lockdown to get lifted. When will this
    end? he said.
    Shanghai eased rules in some neighborhoods this week, but most residents >remain confined to their homes. Some expressed worries about food and
    said they are increasingly disillusioned by the prospect of an
    open-ended Covid lockdown.
    Among more than two dozen residents who spoke from lockdown, some said
    they are reaching a breaking point more than two years into the
    pandemic. Some are considering leaving the country for good.
    The damage has been done, said Liu Yun, a 34-year-old Shanghai native
    and technology entrepreneur who said he has begun contemplating
    emigrating to Singapore while confined at home with his wife and two >children. More elites will start re-evaluating their relationship with
    the city and this country.
    Even those who arent considering leaving said they expect some economic
    and psychological scars to endure, along with resentment toward Beijing. >China has stuck to a zero-Covid policy under Chinese leader Xi Jinping,
    who is widely expected this fall to extend his rule for at least another
    five years.
    Eighty-seven of Chinas biggest 100 cities, from Changchun in the
    countrys far northeast to its southern metropolis of Guangzhou,
    collectively accounting for more than half of Chinas population and
    overall economic output, have imposed restrictions on movements and >activities because of the current outbreak, according to an estimate by >Gavekal Dragonomics, a research firm. On Friday, Xian, which earlier
    this year emerged from a monthlong lockdown, tightened restrictions again.

    Residents lined up for Covid tests in a compound in Shanghai this week. >PHOTO: LIU JIN/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES
    Few cities in China have the economic and political importance of
    Shanghai, which for most of the past century has been a base of
    prosperity at the forefront of the countrys engagement with the world. >Shanghai has served as a laboratory for many of Chinas most important
    market reforms. It is home to the worlds largest container port, the >countrys main stock exchange and many of its leading scholars, writers
    and artists.
    The city has been a crucial steppingstone for generations of Chinas
    leaders, including Mr. Xi, who was appointed the citys top party
    official in 2007.
    Shanghai earlier had a more lenient Covid strategy, using targeted
    lockdowns for affected residences, but tightened and extended
    restrictions amid a visit by
    Sun Chunlan, a vice premier, beginning April 2. Residents see the change
    as a sign Beijing demanded full compliance with Chinas zero-Covid
    policy, which Mr. Xi has touted.
    A spokesperson for the Shanghai government didnt respond to a request
    for comment.
    Even as Covid cases spread in the city this spring, authorities insisted
    that a citywide lockdown wouldnt be necessaryright up until the day
    before the abrupt March 27 announcement of mass lockdown measures that
    caught tens of millions of residents unprepared.
    That initial lockdown was set to last four days for the eastern half of
    the city, then four days for the western half. With case counts still
    soaring to new highs, however, authorities then said the lockdown would
    be extended indefinitely. Many of those confined to their homes because
    of potential contact with Covid cases before the citywide lockdown have >already been kept at home for more than a month, with no clear prospect
    of release soon.
    Residents said they worry that even after the citywide restrictions are >lifted, the Omicron variants transmissibility means sudden lockdowns
    and tough tactics could return at any time, casting a cloud of
    uncertainty that could last for years.
    Since the broad lockdowns began in late March, food shortages have
    spread as pandemic measures upended supply chains, leaving some reliant
    on bartering and the goodwill of neighbors to survive. Some patients
    with non-Covid medical needs have been left to fend for themselves,
    while many have resisted being sent to the citys chaotic and in some
    cases unhygienic makeshift quarantine centers.
    Shanghai on Thursday reported a record 27,000 new daily infections for
    the prior day, bringing the citys total official caseload since March 1
    to more than 220,000 so far. While no deaths have been reported by >authorities, at least three large elderly care hospitals have been >overwhelmed by Covid outbreaks, resulting in patient deaths.
    Authorities have been swift to censor peoples complaints and what they
    call rumors online. On March 22, two men who shared information about >Shanghais coming lockdown were investigated by the police on suspicions
    of spreading fabricated information. As the lockdown continues, more
    people are venting frustration at the Covid restrictions, saying they
    are harming peoples livelihoods and straining medical resources,
    despite potential repercussions.
    In a viral online post, one Shanghai resident complained that the
    endurance of residents had reached its limit, listing a litany of
    tragedies and grievances. Are there officials who still listen to the >people? wrote the person, who identified herself only as An Ordinary >Citizen. How much more do we have to pay in exchange for truly putting >people first?
    The post was blocked on Thursday for a few hours before being restored
    that evening. The person didnt respond to a request for comment.

    Community workers delivered food rations on Tuesday.
    PHOTO: ALEX PLAVEVSKI/EPA/SHUTTERSTOCK
    Frank Tsai, a longtime Shanghai resident who hosts business and cultural >events through his company China Crossroads, initially supported the >countrys strict Covid measures, but said he was shocked by the food and >supply bottlenecks in Shanghai, which is widely regarded as one of
    Chinas most progressive and best-managed cities.
    This regime from its very founding was built on the elimination of
    material anxiety, so its ironic that food insecurity is happening in >Shanghai of all places, he said.
    People must firmly hold on to its pandemic policy without wavering,
    Chinas state-run Xinhua News Agency said Thursday in an editorial,
    calling on the public to look at the big picture despite the
    hardships. Persistence is victory, Mr. Xi was quoted saying.
    The Peoples Daily, the Communist Party organ, implored citizens to
    grit their teeth and put their faith in government officials.
    Some expatriates said the current lockdown is the final straw after
    several years in which they felt China was turning increasingly inward.
    We are at a critical point. People are really fed up, said Bettina >Schoen-Behanzin, vice president of the European Union Chamber of
    Commerce in China.
    Mr. Liu, the technology entrepreneur, was first confined to his home
    with his wife and two children on March 14, when the entrance to his >residential compound was abruptly sealed after several neighbors were >identified as close contacts with infected individuals. Later, the >stringent citywide lockdowns began.

    Li Bing said he worried about what would happen to his cats if he tests >positive.
    PHOTO: LI BING
    Mr. Lius social-media feed became filled with videos and messages of >physical conflicts between residents and health workers tasked with
    keeping people at home, making him more anxious and pessimistic.
    Im afraid that this fight against the pandemic will evolve into some
    kind of social movement, where people at the bottom of the society end
    up hurting each other, said Mr. Liu. Thats terrifying.
    Mr. Liu said he also worries about the roughly 200 employees at the
    company he founded 10 years ago, a business-to-business e-commerce
    platform, many of whom are struggling to get enough food during the
    lockdown. His company, too, is struggling from waning demand that he >attributes in part to the countrys lockdowns.
    Li Bing, a 33-year-old employee at a different technology company, said
    he felt emotionally weighed down after reading numerous online pleas
    from residents struggling to get enough food and medical help. Last
    week, a video showing a pandemic prevention worker in a hazmat suit
    beating a corgi to death after its owners were sent to a centralized >quarantine center sparked online fury.
    What would happen to my cats? Would they be beaten to death? said Mr.
    Li, a native of Xian who has lived in Shanghai for six years with his >girlfriend and two cats. He said the prospect of testing positive for
    Covid has stirred his anxiety and made him more eager to leave China
    than ever.
    We have witnessed so many humanitarian disasters already, said Mr. Li.
    I simply want to live as a normal person, with dignity.

    The only *healthy* way to stop the pandemic, thereby saving lives, in
    China & elsewhere is by rapidly ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
    finding out at any given moment, including even while on-line, who
    among us are unwittingly contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or
    asymptomatic) in order to http://tinyurl.com/ConvinceItForward (John
    15:12) for them to call their doctor and self-quarantine per their
    doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic. Thus, we're hoping for the
    best while preparing for the worse-case scenario of the Alpha lineage
    mutations and others like the Omicron, Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota,
    Lambda, Mu & Delta lineage mutations combining via
    slip-RNA-replication to form hybrids like
    http://tinyurl.com/Deltamicron that may render current COVID vaccines/monoclonals/medicines/pills no longer effective.

    Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://tinyurl.com/RapidOmicronTest
    ) and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.

    So how are you ?









    ...because we mindfully choose to openly care with our heart,

    HeartDoc Andrew <><
    --
    Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
    Cardiologist with an http://bit.ly/EternalMedicalLicense
    2024 & upwards non-partisan candidate for U.S. President: http://WonderfullyHungry.org
    and author of the 2PD-OMER Approach:
    http://bit.ly/HeartDocAndrewCare
    which is the only **healthy** cure for the U.S. healthcare crisis

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From HeartDoc Andrew@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 17 14:25:07 2022
    XPost: alt.bible.prophecy, soc.culture.china, soc.culture.israel
    XPost: alt.christnet.christianlife

    (Stella) 04/17/22 KK tragically vainjangling (1 Tim 1:6) ...

    https://groups.google.com/g/sci.med.cardiology/c/4tIJn_I167w/m/bKWQRUarAgAJ

    Link to post explicating vainjangling by the eternally condemned: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sci.med.cardiology/O23NguTslhI/-xLGqnNjAAAJ

    "Like a moth to flame, the eternally condemned tragically return to be
    ever more cursed by GOD."

    Behold in wide-eyed wonder and amazement at the continued fulfillment
    of this prophecy as clearly demonstrated within the following USENET
    threads:

    (1) Link to thread titled "LORD Jesus Christ of Nazareth is our #1
    Example of being wonderfully hungry;"

    https://groups.google.com/g/sci.med.cardiology/c/_iVmOb7q3_Q/m/E8L7TNNtAgAJ

    (2) Link to thread titled "Being wonderfully hungry;"

    https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/sci.med.cardiology/uCPb3ldOv5M

    (3) Link to thread titled "A very very very simple definition of sin;"

    https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.bible.prophecy/xunFWhan_AM

    (4) Link to thread titled "The LORD says 'Blessed are you who hunger
    now;'"

    https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.bible.prophecy/e4sW8dr44rM

    (5) Link to thread titled "Being wonderfully hungry like LORD Jesus;"

    https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.bible.prophecy/xPY1Uzl-ZNk/QeKLDNCpCwAJ

    ... for the continued benefit (Romans 8:28) of those of us who are http://bit.ly/wonderfully_hungry like GOD ( http://bit.ly/Lk2442 )
    with all glory ( http://bit.ly/Psalm117_ ) to the LORD.

    Source: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sci.med.cardiology/O23NguTslhI/pIZcsOCJBwAJ

    Laus DEO !

    While wonderfully hungry ( http://bit.ly/Philippians4_12 ) in the Holy
    Spirit, Who causes (Deuteronomy 8:3) me to hunger right now (Luke
    6:21a), I pray (2 Chronicles 7:14) that GOD continues to curse
    (Jeremiah 17:5) you, who are eternally condemned (Mark 3:29), more
    than ever in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen.

    Laus DEO ! ! !

    Bottom line: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sci.med.cardiology/O23NguTslhI/h5lE-mr0DAAJ

    <begin trichotomy>

    (1) Born-again (John 3:3 & 5) humans - Folks who have GOD's Help (i.e.
    Holy Spirit) to stop (John 5:14) sinning by being http://bit.ly/wonderfully_hungry (Philippians 4:12) **but** are still
    able to choose via their own "free will" to be instead http://bit.ly/terribly_hungry (Genesis 25:32) trapped in the
    entangling (Hebrews 12:1) deadly (i.e. killed immortals Adam&Eve) sin
    of gluttony (Proverbs 23:2).

    (2) Eternally condemned (Mark 3:29) humans - Folks who will never have
    GOD's Help (i.e. Holy Spirit) to stop being
    http://bit.ly/terribly_hungry (2 Kings 6:29) as evident by their
    constant vainjangling (1 Timothy 1:6) about everything except how to
    stop (John 5:14) sinning.

    (3) Perishing humans - The remaining folks who may possibly (Matthew
    19:26) become born-again (John 3:3 & 5) as new (2 Corinthians 5:17)
    creatures in Christ.

    <end trichotomy>

    Suggested further reading:
    http://T3WiJ.com

    +++

    someone eternally condemned & ever more cursed by GOD wrote:
    HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:

    Subject: The LORD says "Blessed are you who hunger now ..."

    Source: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.bible.prophecy/e4sW8dr44rM/NSkTJxvFBAAJ

    Shame on andrew, look at his red face.

    LIE.

    The color of my face in **not** visible here on USENET nor is the
    color of my face red for those who can see me.

    He is trying to pull a fast one. His scripture bit is found among these:

    '14 Bible verses about Spiritual Hunger'

    Such are the lies coming from the lying pens of the http://bit.ly/terribly_hungry (Genesis 25:32) commentators.

    That which is "spiritual" is independent of time so that there
    would've been no reference to "now."

    Therefore, the LORD is referring to physical hunger here instead of
    the spiritual "hunger and thirst for righteousness" elsewhere in
    Scripture.

    Indeed, physical hunger can **not** coexist with physical thirst
    because the latter results in the loss of saliva needed for physical
    hunger.

    It is when we hunger for food "now" (Luke 6:21a) that we are able to
    eat food "now."

    No such time constraints exist for "spiritual hunger."

    Moreover, the perspective of Luke 6:21a through the eyes of a
    physician (i.e. Dr. Luke) would be logically expected to be physical
    instead of spiritual.

    All glory ( http://bit.ly/Psalm117_ ) to GOD for His compelling you to unwittingly demonstrate your ever worsening cognitive condition which
    is tragically a consequence of His cursing (Jeremiah 17:5) you more
    than ever.

    Laus DEO !

    +++

    someone eternally condemned & ever more cursed by GOD perseverated:
    (in a vain attempt to refute posts about being wonderfully hungry)

    Psalms
    81:10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: >open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

    Indeed, receiving a mouthful (Psalm 81:10) of manna from GOD will only
    make His http://HeartMDPhD.com/Redeemed want even more, so that we're
    even http://bit.ly/wonderfully_hungrier with all glory ( http://bit.ly/Psalm117_ ) to GOD.

    Laus DEO !

    Proverbs
    13:25 The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite, But the stomach of >the wicked is in need.

    Indeed, the righteous know to be satisfied (Luke 6:21a) with an omer
    (Exodus 16:16) of manna, while the wicked need (Proverbs 13:25) this
    knowledge as evident by their eating until they are full (i.e.
    satiated).

    Joel
    2:26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of
    the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my
    people shall never be ashamed.

    Indeed, an omer (32 ounces per Revelation 6:6) of manna is plenty
    (Joel 2:26) with all glory ( http://bit.ly/Psalm117_ ) to GOD and to
    the shame of you, who are eternally (Mark 3:29) condemned.

    Laus DEO ! !

    Psalms
    107 For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

    Indeed, being filled (Psalm 107:9) with an omer (Exodus 16:16) of
    manna is a Wonderful (Isaiah 9:6) thing while being satiated (i.e.
    full) is evil.

    Acts
    14:17 "Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by >giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying
    your hearts with food and gladness."

    In the interim, you, who are eternally (Mark 3:29) condemned, will
    never be satisfied (Acts 14:17) because you are ever more cursed
    (Jeremiah 17:5) by GOD.

    Source: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sci.med.cardiology/uCPb3ldOv5M/KgM8NFKuAQAJ

    +++

    someone eternally condemned & ever more cursed by GOD perseverated:
    HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:

    Subject: a very very very simple definition of sin ...

    Source: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sci.med.cardiology/mXmFD9kIocc/y8GNXircBQAJ

    Does andrew's "definition" agree with scripture? Let's see in 1 John:

    Actually, sin is **not** defined in 1 John 1:8-10

    John wrote this to christians. The greek grammer (sic) speaks of an ongoing >> status. He includes himself in that status.

    John was a Jew instead of a Greek so there is really no reason to
    think that Greek grammar is relevant here.

    1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is
    not in us.

    1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, >> and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

    1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is >> not in us.

    John also wrote earlier at John 5:14 that LORD Jesus commands:

    "Now stop sinning or something worse may happen to you." (John 5:14)

    And, indeed, your being eternally condemned (Mark 3:29) & ever more
    cursed (Jeremiah 17:5) by GOD, as evident by your ever worsening
    cognitive deficits, is really worse.

    Now again, here's how to really stop sinning as LORD Jesus commands
    (John 5:14):

    https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.bible.prophecy/2-Qpn-o81J4/ldGubKEZAgAJ

    While wonderfully hungry ( http://bit.ly/Philippians4_12 ) in the Holy
    Spirit, Who causes (Deuteronomy 8:3) me to hunger right now (Luke
    6:21a), I again pray (2 Chronicles 7:14) that GOD continues to curse
    (Jeremiah 17:5) you, who are eternally condemned (Mark 3:29), more
    than ever in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen.

    Laus DEO ! ! !

    Again, this is done in hopes of convincing all reading this to stop
    being http://bit.ly/terribly_hungry (2 Kings 6:29) where all are in
    danger of becoming eternally condemned (Mark 3:29) just as had
    happened to Ananias and Sapphira and more contemporaneously to Bob
    Pastorio.

    Again, the LORD did strike down http://bit.ly/Bob_Pastorio on Fool's
    day just 9+ years ago:

    http://bobs-amanuensis.livejournal.com/8728.html

    Again, this is done ...

    http://bit.ly/HeartDocAndrew touts hunger (Luke 6:21a) with all glory
    ( http://bit.ly/Psalm112_1 ) to GOD, Who causes us to hunger
    (Deuteronomy 8:3) when He blesses us right now (Luke 6:21a) thereby
    removing the http://tinyurl.com/HeartVAT from around the heart

    ...because we mindfully choose to openly care with our heart,

    HeartDoc Andrew <><
    --
    Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
    Cardiologist with an http://bit.ly/EternalMedicalLicense
    2024 & upwards non-partisan candidate for U.S. President: http://WonderfullyHungry.org
    and author of the 2PD-OMER Approach:
    http://bit.ly/HeartDocAndrewCare
    which is the only **healthy** cure for the U.S. healthcare crisis

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Michael Ejercito@21:1/5 to HeartDoc Andrew on Sun Apr 17 12:07:51 2022
    XPost: alt.bible.prophecy, soc.culture.china, soc.culture.israel
    XPost: alt.christnet.christianlife

    HeartDoc Andrew wrote:
    Michael Ejercito wrote:

    https://archive.ph/60aoK


    Anger Over Covid Lockdowns Mounts in Shanghai

    Restrictions have strained nerves and livelihoods in China’s largest and >> wealthiest city, eroding some residents’ trust in authorities; ‘I’ve >> lost confidence in this government’
    By Stella Yifan Xie and Natasha Khan
    April 15, 2022 12:15 pm ET
    Discontent is deepening across Shanghai, China’s largest and wealthiest
    city, now several weeks into a rigid lockdown aimed at crushing a Covid
    outbreak that is straining the nerves and affecting livelihoods of its
    25 million residents and eroding the public’s trust in authorities.
    The effects that have played out in recent weeks—food shortages, lack of >> access to medical care, overcrowded quarantine centers and infants
    separated from their parents—have frayed nerves across a city that has
    long prided itself as a pragmatic financial hub at the forefront of
    China’s decadeslong shift to a market economy.
    “I’ve lost confidence in this government,” said one 36-year-old Shanghai
    native surnamed Chen, who declined to provide his given name because it
    remains risky to openly criticize political leaders. “Only during a
    crisis can you make a proper evaluation of the government’s performance.”
    Mr. Chen, who has been confined at home for more than a month, said he
    hasn’t been able to feed his family of four on the government-supplied
    rations of vegetables and milk. While he has managed to order some
    groceries online, soaring prices and scarce supplies of bread and other
    essentials risk draining his savings as the lockdown drags on, he said.
    “We’ve waited patiently for the lockdown to get lifted. When will this >> end?” he said.
    Shanghai eased rules in some neighborhoods this week, but most residents
    remain confined to their homes. Some expressed worries about food and
    said they are increasingly disillusioned by the prospect of an
    open-ended Covid lockdown.
    Among more than two dozen residents who spoke from lockdown, some said
    they are reaching a breaking point more than two years into the
    pandemic. Some are considering leaving the country for good.
    “The damage has been done,” said Liu Yun, a 34-year-old Shanghai native >> and technology entrepreneur who said he has begun contemplating
    emigrating to Singapore while confined at home with his wife and two
    children. “More elites will start re-evaluating their relationship with
    the city and this country.”
    Even those who aren’t considering leaving said they expect some economic >> and psychological scars to endure, along with resentment toward Beijing.
    China has stuck to a zero-Covid policy under Chinese leader Xi Jinping,
    who is widely expected this fall to extend his rule for at least another
    five years.
    Eighty-seven of China’s biggest 100 cities, from Changchun in the
    country’s far northeast to its southern metropolis of Guangzhou,
    collectively accounting for more than half of China’s population and
    overall economic output, have imposed restrictions on movements and
    activities because of the current outbreak, according to an estimate by
    Gavekal Dragonomics, a research firm. On Friday, Xi’an, which earlier
    this year emerged from a monthlong lockdown, tightened restrictions again. >>
    Residents lined up for Covid tests in a compound in Shanghai this week.
    PHOTO: LIU JIN/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES
    Few cities in China have the economic and political importance of
    Shanghai, which for most of the past century has been a base of
    prosperity at the forefront of the country’s engagement with the world.
    Shanghai has served as a laboratory for many of China’s most important
    market reforms. It is home to the world’s largest container port, the
    country’s main stock exchange and many of its leading scholars, writers
    and artists.
    The city has been a crucial steppingstone for generations of China’s
    leaders, including Mr. Xi, who was appointed the city’s top party
    official in 2007.
    Shanghai earlier had a more lenient Covid strategy, using targeted
    lockdowns for affected residences, but tightened and extended
    restrictions amid a visit by
    Sun Chunlan, a vice premier, beginning April 2. Residents see the change
    as a sign Beijing demanded full compliance with China’s zero-Covid
    policy, which Mr. Xi has touted.
    A spokesperson for the Shanghai government didn’t respond to a request
    for comment.
    Even as Covid cases spread in the city this spring, authorities insisted
    that a citywide lockdown wouldn’t be necessary—right up until the day
    before the abrupt March 27 announcement of mass lockdown measures that
    caught tens of millions of residents unprepared.
    That initial lockdown was set to last four days for the eastern half of
    the city, then four days for the western half. With case counts still
    soaring to new highs, however, authorities then said the lockdown would
    be extended indefinitely. Many of those confined to their homes because
    of potential contact with Covid cases before the citywide lockdown have
    already been kept at home for more than a month, with no clear prospect
    of release soon.
    Residents said they worry that even after the citywide restrictions are
    lifted, the Omicron variant’s transmissibility means sudden lockdowns
    and tough tactics could return at any time, casting a cloud of
    uncertainty that could last for years.
    Since the broad lockdowns began in late March, food shortages have
    spread as pandemic measures upended supply chains, leaving some reliant
    on bartering and the goodwill of neighbors to survive. Some patients
    with non-Covid medical needs have been left to fend for themselves,
    while many have resisted being sent to the city’s chaotic and in some
    cases unhygienic makeshift quarantine centers.
    Shanghai on Thursday reported a record 27,000 new daily infections for
    the prior day, bringing the city’s total official caseload since March 1 >> to more than 220,000 so far. While no deaths have been reported by
    authorities, at least three large elderly care hospitals have been
    overwhelmed by Covid outbreaks, resulting in patient deaths.
    Authorities have been swift to censor people’s complaints and what they
    call rumors online. On March 22, two men who shared information about
    Shanghai’s coming lockdown were investigated by the police on suspicions >> of “spreading fabricated information.” As the lockdown continues, more >> people are venting frustration at the Covid restrictions, saying they
    are harming people’s livelihoods and straining medical resources,
    despite potential repercussions.
    In a viral online post, one Shanghai resident complained that the
    endurance of residents had “reached its limit,” listing a litany of
    tragedies and grievances. “Are there officials who still listen to the
    people?” wrote the person, who identified herself only as An Ordinary
    Citizen. “How much more do we have to pay in exchange for truly putting
    people first?”
    The post was blocked on Thursday for a few hours before being restored
    that evening. The person didn’t respond to a request for comment.

    Community workers delivered food rations on Tuesday.
    PHOTO: ALEX PLAVEVSKI/EPA/SHUTTERSTOCK
    Frank Tsai, a longtime Shanghai resident who hosts business and cultural
    events through his company China Crossroads, initially supported the
    country’s strict Covid measures, but said he was shocked by the food and >> supply bottlenecks in Shanghai, which is widely regarded as one of
    China’s most progressive and best-managed cities.
    “This regime from its very founding was built on the elimination of
    material anxiety, so it’s ironic that food insecurity is happening in
    Shanghai of all places,” he said.
    People must “firmly hold on to its pandemic policy without wavering,”
    China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency said Thursday in an editorial,
    calling on the public to “look at the big picture” despite the
    hardships. “Persistence is victory,” Mr. Xi was quoted saying.
    The People’s Daily, the Communist Party organ, implored citizens to
    “grit their teeth” and put their faith in government officials.
    Some expatriates said the current lockdown is the final straw after
    several years in which they felt China was turning increasingly inward.
    “We are at a critical point. People are really fed up,” said Bettina
    Schoen-Behanzin, vice president of the European Union Chamber of
    Commerce in China.
    Mr. Liu, the technology entrepreneur, was first confined to his home
    with his wife and two children on March 14, when the entrance to his
    residential compound was abruptly sealed after several neighbors were
    identified as “close contacts” with infected individuals. Later, the
    stringent citywide lockdowns began.

    Li Bing said he worried about what would happen to his cats if he tests
    positive.
    PHOTO: LI BING
    Mr. Liu’s social-media feed became filled with videos and messages of
    physical conflicts between residents and health workers tasked with
    keeping people at home, making him more anxious and pessimistic.
    “I’m afraid that this fight against the pandemic will evolve into some >> kind of social movement, where people at the bottom of the society end
    up hurting each other,” said Mr. Liu. “That’s terrifying.”
    Mr. Liu said he also worries about the roughly 200 employees at the
    company he founded 10 years ago, a business-to-business e-commerce
    platform, many of whom are struggling to get enough food during the
    lockdown. His company, too, is struggling from waning demand that he
    attributes in part to the country’s lockdowns.
    Li Bing, a 33-year-old employee at a different technology company, said
    he felt emotionally weighed down after reading numerous online pleas
    from residents struggling to get enough food and medical help. Last
    week, a video showing a pandemic prevention worker in a hazmat suit
    beating a corgi to death after its owners were sent to a centralized
    quarantine center sparked online fury.
    “What would happen to my cats? Would they be beaten to death?” said Mr. >> Li, a native of Xi’an who has lived in Shanghai for six years with his
    girlfriend and two cats. He said the prospect of testing positive for
    Covid has stirred his anxiety and made him more eager to leave China
    than ever.
    “We have witnessed so many humanitarian disasters already,” said Mr. Li. >> “I simply want to live as a normal person, with dignity.”

    The only *healthy* way to stop the pandemic, thereby saving lives, in
    China & elsewhere is by rapidly ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
    finding out at any given moment, including even while on-line, who
    among us are unwittingly contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or
    asymptomatic) in order to http://tinyurl.com/ConvinceItForward (John
    15:12) for them to call their doctor and self-quarantine per their
    doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic. Thus, we're hoping for the
    best while preparing for the worse-case scenario of the Alpha lineage mutations and others like the Omicron, Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota,
    Lambda, Mu & Delta lineage mutations combining via
    slip-RNA-replication to form hybrids like
    http://tinyurl.com/Deltamicron that may render current COVID vaccines/monoclonals/medicines/pills no longer effective.

    Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://tinyurl.com/RapidOmicronTest
    ) and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.

    So how are you ?



    I am wonderfully hungry!


    Michael

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  • From Michael Ejercito@21:1/5 to Loose Cannon on Sun Apr 17 12:10:34 2022
    XPost: alt.bible.prophecy, soc.culture.china, soc.culture.israel

    Loose Cannon wrote:
    On Sun, 17 Apr 2022 09:26:46 -0700, Michael Ejercito
    <MEjercit@HotMail.com> wrote:

    https://archive.ph/60aoK


    Anger Over Covid Lockdowns Mounts in Shanghai

    Restrictions have strained nerves and livelihoods in China’s largest and >> wealthiest city, eroding some residents’ trust in authorities; ‘I’ve >> lost confidence in this government’
    By Stella Yifan Xie and Natasha Khan
    April 15, 2022 12:15 pm ET
    Discontent is deepening across Shanghai, China’s largest and wealthiest
    city, now several weeks into a rigid lockdown aimed at crushing a Covid
    outbreak that is straining the nerves and affecting livelihoods of its
    25 million residents and eroding the public’s trust in authorities.
    The effects that have played out in recent weeks—food shortages, lack of >> access to medical care, overcrowded quarantine centers and infants
    separated from their parents—have frayed nerves across a city that has
    long prided itself as a pragmatic financial hub at the forefront of
    China’s decadeslong shift to a market economy.
    “I’ve lost confidence in this government,” said one 36-year-old Shanghai
    native surnamed Chen, who declined to provide his given name because it
    remains risky to openly criticize political leaders. “Only during a
    crisis can you make a proper evaluation of the government’s performance.”
    Mr. Chen, who has been confined at home for more than a month, said he
    hasn’t been able to feed his family of four on the government-supplied
    rations of vegetables and milk. While he has managed to order some
    groceries online, soaring prices and scarce supplies of bread and other
    essentials risk draining his savings as the lockdown drags on, he said.
    “We’ve waited patiently for the lockdown to get lifted. When will this >> end?” he said.
    Shanghai eased rules in some neighborhoods this week, but most residents
    remain confined to their homes. Some expressed worries about food and
    said they are increasingly disillusioned by the prospect of an
    open-ended Covid lockdown.
    Among more than two dozen residents who spoke from lockdown, some said
    they are reaching a breaking point more than two years into the
    pandemic. Some are considering leaving the country for good.
    “The damage has been done,” said Liu Yun, a 34-year-old Shanghai native >> and technology entrepreneur who said he has begun contemplating
    emigrating to Singapore while confined at home with his wife and two
    children. “More elites will start re-evaluating their relationship with
    the city and this country.”
    Even those who aren’t considering leaving said they expect some economic >> and psychological scars to endure, along with resentment toward Beijing.
    China has stuck to a zero-Covid policy under Chinese leader Xi Jinping,
    who is widely expected this fall to extend his rule for at least another
    five years.
    Eighty-seven of China’s biggest 100 cities, from Changchun in the
    country’s far northeast to its southern metropolis of Guangzhou,
    collectively accounting for more than half of China’s population and
    overall economic output, have imposed restrictions on movements and
    activities because of the current outbreak, according to an estimate by
    Gavekal Dragonomics, a research firm. On Friday, Xi’an, which earlier
    this year emerged from a monthlong lockdown, tightened restrictions again. >>
    Residents lined up for Covid tests in a compound in Shanghai this week.
    PHOTO: LIU JIN/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES
    Few cities in China have the economic and political importance of
    Shanghai, which for most of the past century has been a base of
    prosperity at the forefront of the country’s engagement with the world.
    Shanghai has served as a laboratory for many of China’s most important
    market reforms. It is home to the world’s largest container port, the
    country’s main stock exchange and many of its leading scholars, writers
    and artists.
    The city has been a crucial steppingstone for generations of China’s
    leaders, including Mr. Xi, who was appointed the city’s top party
    official in 2007.
    Shanghai earlier had a more lenient Covid strategy, using targeted
    lockdowns for affected residences, but tightened and extended
    restrictions amid a visit by
    Sun Chunlan, a vice premier, beginning April 2. Residents see the change
    as a sign Beijing demanded full compliance with China’s zero-Covid
    policy, which Mr. Xi has touted.
    A spokesperson for the Shanghai government didn’t respond to a request
    for comment.
    Even as Covid cases spread in the city this spring, authorities insisted
    that a citywide lockdown wouldn’t be necessary—right up until the day
    before the abrupt March 27 announcement of mass lockdown measures that
    caught tens of millions of residents unprepared.
    That initial lockdown was set to last four days for the eastern half of
    the city, then four days for the western half. With case counts still
    soaring to new highs, however, authorities then said the lockdown would
    be extended indefinitely. Many of those confined to their homes because
    of potential contact with Covid cases before the citywide lockdown have
    already been kept at home for more than a month, with no clear prospect
    of release soon.
    Residents said they worry that even after the citywide restrictions are
    lifted, the Omicron variant’s transmissibility means sudden lockdowns
    and tough tactics could return at any time, casting a cloud of
    uncertainty that could last for years.
    Since the broad lockdowns began in late March, food shortages have
    spread as pandemic measures upended supply chains, leaving some reliant
    on bartering and the goodwill of neighbors to survive. Some patients
    with non-Covid medical needs have been left to fend for themselves,
    while many have resisted being sent to the city’s chaotic and in some
    cases unhygienic makeshift quarantine centers.
    Shanghai on Thursday reported a record 27,000 new daily infections for
    the prior day, bringing the city’s total official caseload since March 1 >> to more than 220,000 so far. While no deaths have been reported by
    authorities, at least three large elderly care hospitals have been
    overwhelmed by Covid outbreaks, resulting in patient deaths.
    Authorities have been swift to censor people’s complaints and what they
    call rumors online. On March 22, two men who shared information about
    Shanghai’s coming lockdown were investigated by the police on suspicions >> of “spreading fabricated information.” As the lockdown continues, more >> people are venting frustration at the Covid restrictions, saying they
    are harming people’s livelihoods and straining medical resources,
    despite potential repercussions.
    In a viral online post, one Shanghai resident complained that the
    endurance of residents had “reached its limit,” listing a litany of
    tragedies and grievances. “Are there officials who still listen to the
    people?” wrote the person, who identified herself only as An Ordinary
    Citizen. “How much more do we have to pay in exchange for truly putting
    people first?”
    The post was blocked on Thursday for a few hours before being restored
    that evening. The person didn’t respond to a request for comment.

    Community workers delivered food rations on Tuesday.
    PHOTO: ALEX PLAVEVSKI/EPA/SHUTTERSTOCK
    Frank Tsai, a longtime Shanghai resident who hosts business and cultural
    events through his company China Crossroads, initially supported the
    country’s strict Covid measures, but said he was shocked by the food and >> supply bottlenecks in Shanghai, which is widely regarded as one of
    China’s most progressive and best-managed cities.
    “This regime from its very founding was built on the elimination of
    material anxiety, so it’s ironic that food insecurity is happening in
    Shanghai of all places,” he said.
    People must “firmly hold on to its pandemic policy without wavering,”
    China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency said Thursday in an editorial,
    calling on the public to “look at the big picture” despite the
    hardships. “Persistence is victory,” Mr. Xi was quoted saying.
    The People’s Daily, the Communist Party organ, implored citizens to
    “grit their teeth” and put their faith in government officials.
    Some expatriates said the current lockdown is the final straw after
    several years in which they felt China was turning increasingly inward.
    “We are at a critical point. People are really fed up,” said Bettina
    Schoen-Behanzin, vice president of the European Union Chamber of
    Commerce in China.
    Mr. Liu, the technology entrepreneur, was first confined to his home
    with his wife and two children on March 14, when the entrance to his
    residential compound was abruptly sealed after several neighbors were
    identified as “close contacts” with infected individuals. Later, the
    stringent citywide lockdowns began.

    Li Bing said he worried about what would happen to his cats if he tests
    positive.
    PHOTO: LI BING
    Mr. Liu’s social-media feed became filled with videos and messages of
    physical conflicts between residents and health workers tasked with
    keeping people at home, making him more anxious and pessimistic.
    “I’m afraid that this fight against the pandemic will evolve into some >> kind of social movement, where people at the bottom of the society end
    up hurting each other,” said Mr. Liu. “That’s terrifying.”
    Mr. Liu said he also worries about the roughly 200 employees at the
    company he founded 10 years ago, a business-to-business e-commerce
    platform, many of whom are struggling to get enough food during the
    lockdown. His company, too, is struggling from waning demand that he
    attributes in part to the country’s lockdowns.
    Li Bing, a 33-year-old employee at a different technology company, said
    he felt emotionally weighed down after reading numerous online pleas
    from residents struggling to get enough food and medical help. Last
    week, a video showing a pandemic prevention worker in a hazmat suit
    beating a corgi to death after its owners were sent to a centralized
    quarantine center sparked online fury.
    “What would happen to my cats? Would they be beaten to death?” said Mr. >> Li, a native of Xi’an who has lived in Shanghai for six years with his
    girlfriend and two cats. He said the prospect of testing positive for
    Covid has stirred his anxiety and made him more eager to leave China
    than ever.
    “We have witnessed so many humanitarian disasters already,” said Mr. Li. >> “I simply want to live as a normal person, with dignity.”


    What you gooks go through in your homeland is of no concern to us
    decent White people. Keep it in soc.culture.china or take that shit to alt.slant-eyed.slopes
    There is nothing decent about you.

    Girls and women, especially the Judenfraulein, keep their thighs
    shut whenever you are around!


    Michael


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  • From HeartDoc Andrew@21:1/5 to Michael Ejercito on Sun Apr 17 15:22:33 2022
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    Michael Ejercito wrote:
    HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
    Michael Ejercito wrote:

    https://archive.ph/60aoK


    Anger Over Covid Lockdowns Mounts in Shanghai

    Restrictions have strained nerves and livelihoods in Chinas largest and >>> wealthiest city, eroding some residents trust in authorities; Ive
    lost confidence in this government
    By Stella Yifan Xie and Natasha Khan
    April 15, 2022 12:15 pm ET
    Discontent is deepening across Shanghai, Chinas largest and wealthiest
    city, now several weeks into a rigid lockdown aimed at crushing a Covid
    outbreak that is straining the nerves and affecting livelihoods of its
    25 million residents and eroding the publics trust in authorities.
    The effects that have played out in recent weeksfood shortages, lack of >>> access to medical care, overcrowded quarantine centers and infants
    separated from their parentshave frayed nerves across a city that has
    long prided itself as a pragmatic financial hub at the forefront of
    Chinas decadeslong shift to a market economy.
    Ive lost confidence in this government, said one 36-year-old Shanghai >>> native surnamed Chen, who declined to provide his given name because it
    remains risky to openly criticize political leaders. Only during a
    crisis can you make a proper evaluation of the governments performance. >>> Mr. Chen, who has been confined at home for more than a month, said he
    hasnt been able to feed his family of four on the government-supplied
    rations of vegetables and milk. While he has managed to order some
    groceries online, soaring prices and scarce supplies of bread and other
    essentials risk draining his savings as the lockdown drags on, he said.
    Weve waited patiently for the lockdown to get lifted. When will this
    end? he said.
    Shanghai eased rules in some neighborhoods this week, but most residents >>> remain confined to their homes. Some expressed worries about food and
    said they are increasingly disillusioned by the prospect of an
    open-ended Covid lockdown.
    Among more than two dozen residents who spoke from lockdown, some said
    they are reaching a breaking point more than two years into the
    pandemic. Some are considering leaving the country for good.
    The damage has been done, said Liu Yun, a 34-year-old Shanghai native
    and technology entrepreneur who said he has begun contemplating
    emigrating to Singapore while confined at home with his wife and two
    children. More elites will start re-evaluating their relationship with
    the city and this country.
    Even those who arent considering leaving said they expect some economic >>> and psychological scars to endure, along with resentment toward Beijing. >>> China has stuck to a zero-Covid policy under Chinese leader Xi Jinping,
    who is widely expected this fall to extend his rule for at least another >>> five years.
    Eighty-seven of Chinas biggest 100 cities, from Changchun in the
    countrys far northeast to its southern metropolis of Guangzhou,
    collectively accounting for more than half of Chinas population and
    overall economic output, have imposed restrictions on movements and
    activities because of the current outbreak, according to an estimate by
    Gavekal Dragonomics, a research firm. On Friday, Xian, which earlier
    this year emerged from a monthlong lockdown, tightened restrictions again. >>>
    Residents lined up for Covid tests in a compound in Shanghai this week.
    PHOTO: LIU JIN/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES
    Few cities in China have the economic and political importance of
    Shanghai, which for most of the past century has been a base of
    prosperity at the forefront of the countrys engagement with the world.
    Shanghai has served as a laboratory for many of Chinas most important
    market reforms. It is home to the worlds largest container port, the
    countrys main stock exchange and many of its leading scholars, writers
    and artists.
    The city has been a crucial steppingstone for generations of Chinas
    leaders, including Mr. Xi, who was appointed the citys top party
    official in 2007.
    Shanghai earlier had a more lenient Covid strategy, using targeted
    lockdowns for affected residences, but tightened and extended
    restrictions amid a visit by
    Sun Chunlan, a vice premier, beginning April 2. Residents see the change >>> as a sign Beijing demanded full compliance with Chinas zero-Covid
    policy, which Mr. Xi has touted.
    A spokesperson for the Shanghai government didnt respond to a request
    for comment.
    Even as Covid cases spread in the city this spring, authorities insisted >>> that a citywide lockdown wouldnt be necessaryright up until the day
    before the abrupt March 27 announcement of mass lockdown measures that
    caught tens of millions of residents unprepared.
    That initial lockdown was set to last four days for the eastern half of
    the city, then four days for the western half. With case counts still
    soaring to new highs, however, authorities then said the lockdown would
    be extended indefinitely. Many of those confined to their homes because
    of potential contact with Covid cases before the citywide lockdown have
    already been kept at home for more than a month, with no clear prospect
    of release soon.
    Residents said they worry that even after the citywide restrictions are
    lifted, the Omicron variants transmissibility means sudden lockdowns
    and tough tactics could return at any time, casting a cloud of
    uncertainty that could last for years.
    Since the broad lockdowns began in late March, food shortages have
    spread as pandemic measures upended supply chains, leaving some reliant
    on bartering and the goodwill of neighbors to survive. Some patients
    with non-Covid medical needs have been left to fend for themselves,
    while many have resisted being sent to the citys chaotic and in some
    cases unhygienic makeshift quarantine centers.
    Shanghai on Thursday reported a record 27,000 new daily infections for
    the prior day, bringing the citys total official caseload since March 1 >>> to more than 220,000 so far. While no deaths have been reported by
    authorities, at least three large elderly care hospitals have been
    overwhelmed by Covid outbreaks, resulting in patient deaths.
    Authorities have been swift to censor peoples complaints and what they
    call rumors online. On March 22, two men who shared information about
    Shanghais coming lockdown were investigated by the police on suspicions >>> of spreading fabricated information. As the lockdown continues, more
    people are venting frustration at the Covid restrictions, saying they
    are harming peoples livelihoods and straining medical resources,
    despite potential repercussions.
    In a viral online post, one Shanghai resident complained that the
    endurance of residents had reached its limit, listing a litany of
    tragedies and grievances. Are there officials who still listen to the
    people? wrote the person, who identified herself only as An Ordinary
    Citizen. How much more do we have to pay in exchange for truly putting
    people first?
    The post was blocked on Thursday for a few hours before being restored
    that evening. The person didnt respond to a request for comment.

    Community workers delivered food rations on Tuesday.
    PHOTO: ALEX PLAVEVSKI/EPA/SHUTTERSTOCK
    Frank Tsai, a longtime Shanghai resident who hosts business and cultural >>> events through his company China Crossroads, initially supported the
    countrys strict Covid measures, but said he was shocked by the food and >>> supply bottlenecks in Shanghai, which is widely regarded as one of
    Chinas most progressive and best-managed cities.
    This regime from its very founding was built on the elimination of
    material anxiety, so its ironic that food insecurity is happening in
    Shanghai of all places, he said.
    People must firmly hold on to its pandemic policy without wavering,
    Chinas state-run Xinhua News Agency said Thursday in an editorial,
    calling on the public to look at the big picture despite the
    hardships. Persistence is victory, Mr. Xi was quoted saying.
    The Peoples Daily, the Communist Party organ, implored citizens to
    grit their teeth and put their faith in government officials.
    Some expatriates said the current lockdown is the final straw after
    several years in which they felt China was turning increasingly inward.
    We are at a critical point. People are really fed up, said Bettina
    Schoen-Behanzin, vice president of the European Union Chamber of
    Commerce in China.
    Mr. Liu, the technology entrepreneur, was first confined to his home
    with his wife and two children on March 14, when the entrance to his
    residential compound was abruptly sealed after several neighbors were
    identified as close contacts with infected individuals. Later, the
    stringent citywide lockdowns began.

    Li Bing said he worried about what would happen to his cats if he tests
    positive.
    PHOTO: LI BING
    Mr. Lius social-media feed became filled with videos and messages of
    physical conflicts between residents and health workers tasked with
    keeping people at home, making him more anxious and pessimistic.
    Im afraid that this fight against the pandemic will evolve into some
    kind of social movement, where people at the bottom of the society end
    up hurting each other, said Mr. Liu. Thats terrifying.
    Mr. Liu said he also worries about the roughly 200 employees at the
    company he founded 10 years ago, a business-to-business e-commerce
    platform, many of whom are struggling to get enough food during the
    lockdown. His company, too, is struggling from waning demand that he
    attributes in part to the countrys lockdowns.
    Li Bing, a 33-year-old employee at a different technology company, said
    he felt emotionally weighed down after reading numerous online pleas >>>from residents struggling to get enough food and medical help. Last
    week, a video showing a pandemic prevention worker in a hazmat suit
    beating a corgi to death after its owners were sent to a centralized
    quarantine center sparked online fury.
    What would happen to my cats? Would they be beaten to death? said Mr.
    Li, a native of Xian who has lived in Shanghai for six years with his
    girlfriend and two cats. He said the prospect of testing positive for
    Covid has stirred his anxiety and made him more eager to leave China
    than ever.
    We have witnessed so many humanitarian disasters already, said Mr. Li. >>> I simply want to live as a normal person, with dignity.

    The only *healthy* way to stop the pandemic, thereby saving lives, in
    China & elsewhere is by rapidly ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
    finding out at any given moment, including even while on-line, who
    among us are unwittingly contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or
    asymptomatic) in order to http://tinyurl.com/ConvinceItForward (John
    15:12) for them to call their doctor and self-quarantine per their
    doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic. Thus, we're hoping for the
    best while preparing for the worse-case scenario of the Alpha lineage
    mutations and others like the Omicron, Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota,
    Lambda, Mu & Delta lineage mutations combining via
    slip-RNA-replication to form hybrids like
    http://tinyurl.com/Deltamicron that may render current COVID
    vaccines/monoclonals/medicines/pills no longer effective.

    Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://tinyurl.com/RapidOmicronTest
    ) and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.

    So how are you ?



    I am wonderfully hungry!


    While wonderfully hungry in the Holy Spirit, Who causes (Deuteronomy
    8:3) us to hunger, I note that you, Michael, are rapture ready (Luke
    17:37 means no COVID just as circling eagles don't have COVID) and
    pray (2 Chronicles 7:14) that our Everlasting (Isaiah 9:6) Father in
    Heaven continues to give us "much more" (Luke 11:13) Holy Spirit
    (Galatians 5:22-23) so that we'd have much more of His Help to always
    say/write that we're "wonderfully hungry" in **all** ways including
    especially caring to http://tinyurl.com/ConvinceItForward (John 15:12
    as shown by http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 ) with all glory ( http://bit.ly/Psalm112_1 ) to GOD (aka HaShem, Elohim, Abba, DEO), in
    the name (John 16:23) of LORD Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen.

    Laus DEO !

    Suggested further reading: https://groups.google.com/g/sci.med.cardiology/c/5EWtT4CwCOg/m/QjNF57xRBAAJ

    Shorter link:
    http://bit.ly/StatCOVID-19Test

    Be hungrier, which really is wonderfully healthier especially for
    diabetics and other heart disease patients:

    http://bit.ly/HeartDocAndrew touts hunger (Luke 6:21a) with all glory
    ( http://bit.ly/Psalm112_1 ) to GOD, Who causes us to hunger
    (Deuteronomy 8:3) when He blesses us right now (Luke 6:21a) thereby
    removing the http://tinyurl.com/HeartVAT from around the heart

    ...because we mindfully choose to openly care with our heart,

    HeartDoc Andrew <><
    --
    Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
    Cardiologist with an http://bit.ly/EternalMedicalLicense
    2024 & upwards non-partisan candidate for U.S. President: http://WonderfullyHungry.org
    and author of the 2PD-OMER Approach:
    http://bit.ly/HeartDocAndrewCare
    which is the only **healthy** cure for the U.S. healthcare crisis

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