Between the mix of population density, sucky vaccines, and the resulting deaths of more than 2 million people, Xi Jinping seems stuck on total lockdowns when coronavirus "surges" or even "mini-surges" happen.
Because a close contact of a COVID case was traced to a Shanghai IKEA, Chinese officials decided to lock the place down — while people were shopping. That, in turn led to a mad scramble to flee the lockdown. And, why wouldn't there be?
Shanghai residents saw all of their entire city locked down late this spring, then an ongoing lockdown for selected portions of the city after that, even as this wreaks havoc on the Chinese economy. As I have blogged before, these lockdowns are pretty draconian. Imagine being stuck inside Ikea for an entire week, dependent on something like the Chinese equivalent of fast food being thrust through a door, and hoping you might get a blanket and a pillow by the second or third day in.
But, once again, per Howie Hawkins, Margaret Flowers and the late Kevin Zeese, we should judge China in Chinese terms. Or per Rainier Shea at the People's Republic of Humboldt Bay, this is surely actually a sign of deeper Chinese brilliance.
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Non-COVID sidebar: Alleged Great Corruption Fighter Xi Jinping has started the process of getting a first round of Chinese companies delisted from the New York Stock Exchange because he doesn't want possible corruption investigated.
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