It’s been a month since Shanghai was locked down due to China’s corona measures. Citizens’ dissatisfaction has exploded due to prolonged restrictions, and there are also banners in the city expressing dissatisfaction with the authorities’ response. Under such circumstances, the city is confused over the corona response in Beijing in the future. The “Morning Show” on the 28th (April 2022) gave a detailed report.
In Beijing city, PCR tests will be conducted on about 3.7 million people on the 25th, and simultaneous tests will be conducted on 20 million people in a week from the 26th. Almost all citizens with a population of 22 million are eligible. Supermarkets in the city are lined up due to concerns about lockdown. In Tongzhou District in the eastern part of Beijing, the entire housing complex was immediately closed due to a positive reaction from one of the residents of the housing complex in the district on April 26. As a result, food and other items purchased and delivered online by residents are piled up near the entrance and exit of the housing complex.
Anju Ishiyama “It’s hard to understand that citizens pay the price.”
In Shanghai, there are still more than 10,000 newly infected people every day, but in Beijing, the number of newly infected people on the 26th was 34. Nevertheless, it has been pointed out that the background to the implementation of strict corona measures is that failure to contain them will affect the centripetal force of the Xi Jinping administration.
“I don’t want to destroy Zero Corona’s stronghold. The Xi administration wants to avoid lockdown even if it’s over to Ments. I am undergoing a PCR test. It is 99% certain that the Xi administration will enter the third term in the next parliament, but I want to avoid it falling to 98%. To do so, I want to avoid spreading the infection. I think that is the real intention. “
Social activist Anju Ishiyama commented, “It’s hard to understand that citizens pay the price for the centripetal force of the administration.”
It is said that 300 freezer units were sold out at one store because the citizens who paid the price had to stock up on the freezer in preparation for lockdown. In addition, Shanghai citizens have told SNS as advice on lockdown life, such as “Because it is advantageous for bartering, you should stock up on coffee and cola” and “It is convenient to use pots that can use distributed vegetables.”
Chichiiwa said, “Some of my friends bought a freezer. There was a bulk purchase of cola, and some stores were sold out.”
There is also a theory that China is shutting out foreign-made vaccines without giving permission and using domestic vaccines, which may be the reason why the Zero-COVID policy is not working well.
Toru Tamakawa of TV Asahi said, “The with corona policy can only be achieved with vaccines and therapeutic drugs. If there are only vaccines that are ineffective, it does not mean that no matter how much vaccination is advanced, deaths will occur without PCR tests. Is it pointed out.
Regarding this, Chichiiwa said, “There may be such a side,” and “China has exported its own vaccine overseas through vaccine diplomacy. If China introduces a foreign-made vaccine, the effect of the Chinese vaccine will be I wonder how it was. There may be a problem with Ments in that sense. “
(Barbus)