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| 一颗阮唐｜Yes, I’m still alive (written on the 31st day of lockdown) | |
| DATE | 2022/04/12 |
| LOCATION | Shanghai Pudong |
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The author was warned by the police after publishing the previous article, "Yes, I'm Running Out of Food." | |
| Chinese netizens mint lockdown-era phenomena into NFTs to fight censorship | |
| DATE | 2022/05/06 |
| LOCATION | Internet |
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As of May 2, at least 786 items related to “Voices of April” had appeared on OpenSea, the world’s largest NFT trading platform. | |
| Satirical Program—Alison Fake News | |
| DATE | 2022/05/11 |
| LOCATION | Shanghai |
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A satirical video series humorously criticizing the absurd chaos during Shanghai’s lockdown. After releasing the second episode, the creator was summoned by Shanghai police. | |
| Short Story—Wang Zhanhei: The Letter Never Sent | |
| DATE | 2022/11/22 |
| LOCATION | Shanghai |
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Writer Wang Zhanhei witnessed a neighbor's suicide during Shanghai’s lockdown, which inspired her to write a short story centered around the lockdown experience. | |
| Shanghai Lockdown Jokes | |
| DATE | 2022/04/14 |
| LOCATION | Shanghai |
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Shanghai jokes have since become as famous as Soviet jokes. | |
| 404 Ensemble: “Do You Hear the People Sing?” | |
| DATE | 2022/04/30 |
| LOCATION | Multiple artists' homes |
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"The power of music, the sound of silence." | |
| Rap Song “New Slave” Fiercely Critiques Pandemic Mismanagement in China | |
| DATE | 2022/03/30 |
| LOCATION | Shanghai |
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“When freedom and thought are shackled by power, when green lanes are sealed and become dead ends.” | |
| Yang Xiao’s Works During Lockdown (“Goodbye Language”, etc.) | |
| DATE | 2022/04/27 |
| LOCATION | Shanghai |
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“Have you seen the original of this painting? They’re beating someone—like they’re dancing.” | |
| Rap Song “The Banality of Evil” | |
| DATE | 2022/04/23 |
| LOCATION | Shanghai |
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“Why is it that they made the mistake, but I’m the one who suffers?” | |
| Shanghai Rock Hit “Do the PCR Test” | |
| DATE | 2022/04/21 |
| LOCATION | Shanghai |
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“I live just to do PCR tests, and even if I die—I’ll still do PCR tests.” | |
| Viral Poems from the “2022 International Chinese Short Poem Contest for College Students” | |
| DATE | 2022/04 |
| LOCATION | Shanghai |
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In an era marked by pandemics, lockdowns, and contested boundaries of speech, poetry has become a subtle yet powerful form of resistance. | |