The epidemic broke out in China, and China’s strict zero-clearing policy also caused public resentment and serious consequences. Shanghai epidemic prevention personnel (also known as “big white” or “white guards”) in white clothes broke into the residents without the consent of the residents to disinfect and sterilize , and forced the residents to be taken away for isolation, which was criticized by the public as if they ransacked their homes during the Cultural Revolution. In response, Tong Zhiwei, a law professor at East China University of Political Science and Law, published a long article “Legal Opinions on the Two Measures of Shanghai’s New Crown Epidemic Prevention” on the 8th.
Tong Zhiwei expressed three opinions:
First, any practice of using coercive means to force residents to quarantine in shelters is illegal and should be stopped immediately;
Second, any institution in Shanghai has no right to forcibly require citizens to hand over their house keys and enter the residences of citizens for disinfection and sterilization;
Third, if the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government believe that a “state of emergency” has occurred, they may request the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress or the State Council to take corresponding measures in accordance with the Constitution.
After the article was published, it was severely censored, and multiple WeChat public accounts were deleted with different titles, but the article was still disseminated in the form of screenshots. Past content is cleared.
People in many places in Shanghai and Jiangsu also reported that the “Dabai” epidemic prevention personnel went to the level of irrationality to kill and kill, which is not far from the history of the Cultural Revolution.
Xu Zidong, a professor at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Lingnan University in Hong Kong, questioned that Dabai’s killings were comparable to house raiding during the Cultural Revolution. He cited streets such as Huaihai Middle Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai as an example, “The residents are completely healthy, and the antigen nucleic acid has been negative every day for more than a month. Send Dabai to the door to kill them. Ask the master to leave, then open the wardrobe, refrigerator, bookcase, and even spray medicine on the bed… What is the scientific and legal basis for this? It’s even more absurd than the Cultural Revolution!
Mr. Chen, a resident of Shanghai, pointed out: “All the residents took them away. After they took them away, they handed over all the keys. Dabai came to the door and sprayed the whole room with potion. The bed, floor, furniture, and the refrigerator were all sprayed with potion, and all the frozen meat was thrown out. Throw it on the ground and spray all the medicine in the refrigerator.”
Mr. Chen said that everyone was surprised that they could do this to such a degree, “When people come back from quarantine, two weeks later, (the food) is moldy, smelly, maggots grow, and the house is full of flies, and people are pissed off. , back home with maggots and being sprayed with poison, really crazy.”
“What is happening in Shanghai now is unprecedented, and it will definitely be a stain when it is recorded in history in the future,” said Mr. Chen. Current affairs commentator Wang He said, “Dabai”‘s measures are indeed extreme, and they evoke memories of the Cultural Revolution. In a sense, China’s current practice is also a resurgence of the Cultural Revolution.
In addition, the epidemic has hindered logistics and disrupted supply chains. Nearly half of the companies surveyed in Shanghai have resumed work and production rates of less than 30%. Chinese experts said that the survival of many small and micro manufacturing enterprises will be seriously threatened, the adjustment of the global supply chain may be accelerated, and the manufacturing industry may relocate. In April this year, the annual growth rate of China’s exports fell to 3.9%, the lowest level in nearly two years.
According to Bloomberg, from April 29 to May 5, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched an investigation into 121 U.S. companies operating in China. According to the survey results, 51% of companies said that they would delay or reduce investment projects in China, 58% of companies have lowered their revenue forecasts for this year, and 49% of companies said that due to concerns about the CCP’s epidemic policy, foreign countries have Employees were significantly less likely or refused to move to China, with 82 percent of companies specifically citing uncertainty about how long quarantines and lockdowns would last.
Archyde.com also reported that international flights to China remain extremely limited and may be temporarily cancelled. Passengers are required to obtain permission from Chinese embassies overseas before boarding, and most are also required to quarantine for three weeks upon entry.
Earlier, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China issued a statement on the 5th saying that after interviewing 372 European companies, they found that the closure of cities in various places has caused damage to 92% of European companies in China, 60% of companies have lowered their revenue expectations for this year, and 23% of companies are considering The proportion of investment in China moved to other countries was the highest in a decade.
The zero-clearing policy of the Chinese authorities is having consequences. Not only European and American companies will cut investment, but they will also exacerbate supply chain shifts, and at the same time, hit the Chinese economy.
The local epidemic broke out in China, and China’s strict zero-clearing policy also caused public grievances and serious consequences. In response, Tong Zhiwei, a law professor at East China University of Political Science and Law, published a long article “Legal Opinions on the Two Measures of Shanghai’s New Crown Epidemic Prevention” on the 8th.
China’s “Dabai” “entered the house to kill” during the quarantine period of the residents, and even discarded all the food in the refrigerator.Figure: flipping Twitter
The epidemic in Shanghai continued, and the lockdown management did not bring the expected results and caused public grievances. Figure: The photo of myself is Simon Zhou Weibo (file photo)