As the world is removing the restrictions and necessary SOP requirements for Covid, it is a different story for China. The Chinese government has enacted a mandatory 2 week lockdown for one of the nation’s biggest cities. Shanghai has an approximate 25 million people that are currently going through the strict no contact process.
Social media users on Twitter are condemning the act of the Chinese government as the rule would also separate children and babies from their parents. This is done to strictly contain the invasive virus which has affected the global economy for the past 2 years. Furthermore, people are saying that this is the true face of China, not what we usually see on TV.
The people under lockdown are heard to be chanting ‘Why are you starving us’, ‘We want freedom’. It is also that citizens who are outside on their balconies without a face mask on will most definitely be fined. This is due to the facial recognition drones flying around all over the city. Is this the utopian future or a dystopian one?
