Meanwhile, in China, residents of the city of Xi’an have taken to social media to beg for food as a hard lockdown of the city continues over a spike of Covid cases:
Chinese officials admitted Wednesday they have faced challenges getting enough supplies to residents in locked-down Xi'an, after the city's inhabitants took to social media to complain they didn't have enough food and call for helphttps://t.co/Hi2z1dWsrH
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) December 29, 2021
If these officials are admitting it, just think about how bad it really is?
Chinese officials admit struggle providing food in locked down Xi'an https://t.co/y2xcLXWoBK pic.twitter.com/PupxK87TTC
— CNA (@ChannelNewsAsia) December 29, 2021
And ask yourself if a city about the size of New York City would really go on lockdown over a few hundred cases a day, which is what Chinese state media wants you to believe:
The Chinese city of Xi'an is facing a COVID-19 resurgence. Find out how the city ensures residents' food supply amid lockdown. #GLOBALink pic.twitter.com/jLYh8Wba2I
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) December 29, 2021
Yeah, that’s not going to happen:
'Just want to go home': China's Xian in COVID lockdown for 7th day https://t.co/PIjmRWKDGn pic.twitter.com/Y2S3RSu7co
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 29, 2021
And there are worries this new lockdown could make the ongoing supply chain crisis even worse:
Futures dip as Samsung announces changes to production schedules in China "due to an outbreak of the Omicron virus in the Xi'an province. Any indications of further disruptions to the supply chain .. would be viewed negatively .. even if they are only temporary." – @bespokeinvest
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) December 29, 2021
There are also videos circulating online showing how those who break the lockdown rules are being publicly shamed:
NEW – Chinese lockdown rule-breakers publicly shamed and paraded through the streets carrying placards with their names in Cultural Revolution-style disciplinary measures. pic.twitter.com/vGVvveRsmZ
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) December 29, 2021
And:
MORE – 10 people being paraded through the main street of Jinxi city in a truck allegedly otherwise used for transporting pigs. Loudspeakers broadcast their names, violations, and the local Covid restrictions (BILD)pic.twitter.com/3Yp1iCTHee
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) December 29, 2021
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