{"id":17038,"date":"2022-05-11T19:41:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T23:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=17038"},"modified":"2022-05-11T19:41:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T23:41:54","slug":"shanghai-lockdown-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/shanghai-lockdown-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Shanghai Lockdown Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

One Chinese city has been in the news a lot lately – Shanghai<\/strong> (\u4e0a\u6d77 sh\u00e0ngh\u01cei). That’s because the city has been under an intense lockdown<\/strong> (\u5c01\u9501 f\u0113ngsu\u01d2). This is a result of the strict “zero COVID policy<\/strong>” (\u6e05\u96f6\u653f\u7b56 q\u012bng l\u00edng zh\u00e8ngc\u00e8) that China has had in place. In this post, we’ll take a closer look at what’s going on as the Shanghai lockdown continues.<\/p>\n

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Image by BC Y<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

It’s been about six weeks since China’s largest city went into strict lockdown due to the Omicron variant. To combat the spread of the virus<\/strong> (\u75c5\u6bd2 b\u00ecngd\u00fa), Chinese health officials have implemented a strategy called “dynamic clearing<\/strong>” (\u52a8\u6001\u6e05\u96f6 d\u00f2ngt\u00e0i q\u012bng l\u00edng).<\/p>\n

With cases on the rise back at the end of March, health officials started to place infected people in quarantine<\/strong> (\u9694\u79bb g\u00e9l\u00ed). They even went so far as to separate infected children from their families, which made international headlines.<\/p>\n

This has led to officials in white hazmat suits<\/strong> (\u9632\u62a4\u670d f\u00e1ngh\u00f9 f\u00fa), referred to as “Big White<\/strong>” (\u5927\u767d d\u00e0b\u00e1i) by Chinese netizens, to show up at apartment complexes all over the city. Entire blocks have been cleared out due to one positive case. Even people with a negative test result have been forced into quarantine.<\/p>\n

One viral video<\/a> taken by a Shanghai resident shows health officials arriving to take them to a government quarantine facility. When the resident asks why this is happening, the official responds by saying “There is no why<\/strong>” (\u6ca1\u6709\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48 m\u00e9iy\u01d2u w\u00e9i sh\u00e9n me).<\/p>\n

Frustration and anger are starting to mount, as people have been trapped in their homes for weeks. This has led to food shortages<\/strong> (\u98df\u7269\u77ed\u7f3a sh\u00edw\u00f9 du\u01cenqu\u0113) as people are unable to leave and online grocery delivery services have been barred from certain areas.<\/p>\n