#Lockdown

The Discursive Evolution of Shanghai as a “Model Student” in COVID Control

“We are not standing still — we are driving in reverse, flooring the gas pedal while in reverse gear.”

Residents Refuse Quarantine Despite Negative COVID Tests; Police Visit and Use Violence

Why Targeted COVID Control Failed: The False Dichotomy Between “Zero-COVID” and “Reopening”

The Wukang Road building, bathed in the March sunlight, exudes an air of isolation.

None of the mothers giving birth that day had access to epidural anesthesia.

In the internet age, the cries for help from the elderly often go unnoticed.

Community Residents Eat Instant Noodles, While Neighborhood Committee Staff Enjoy Swiss Rolls

The daughter and the neighbors repeatedly communicated to see if it was possible to use a private car or assistance from the police to take her father to the hospital. However, due to the lockdown of the residential compound, none of these methods succeeded.

During the lockdown period, he cooperated with the neighborhood committee, handling daily household waste disposal, setting up nucleic acid testing sites, arranging nighttime lighting, organizing manpower, carrying out water and electricity repairs, and inspecting external visitors...

The Hongkou District Health Commission in Shanghai has confirmed that Qian Wenxiong, a cadre of the commission, tragically passed away on the 12th. Officials have visited his family to express their condolences.

Several hospitals' fever clinics were closed. They had to transfer between three different hospitals and then waited in line for an hour to get a COVID test.

Compilation of Content from the "#Shanghai Epidemic Help Requests" Super Topic

An hour after the accident, the ambulance finally arrived, but the delivery worker was pronounced dead.

For approximately five hours, there were no doctors in the ward.

The box contains the ashes of his late wife. This 60-year-old man walked 7 kilometers on foot to bring her home.

Through the compilation and screening of online help requests and death statements from relatives, a total of 170 cases of deaths caused by the pandemic prevention disaster have been recorded.

Only frontline nurses enter the contaminated area, sparking protests: Are nurses' lives worthless?

The community has been locked down for 9 days, why there are no vegetables to eat, why two positive cases, and more than 1,000 people in the entire Longbai Six Villages have to be locked down.

Throughout April, balcony concerts were played in various districts of Shanghai, becoming the main organising channel for protests through sound and noise.

The whole of Shanghai has to unite to reduce the burden on the medical system and prevent the epidemic scientifically.

Due to the lack of materials, residents of a community in Shanghai collectively shouted and scolded the "stupid neighborhood committee"

The basic support of more than 4,000 people is all on the eight members of the neighborhood committee, and there are no personnel and no material support

He didn't know which people in the community were positive infections and close contacts, when the cases were transferred to the isolation point, and why the residents were only given out materials once after the lockdown for so long.

All the staff of the neighborhood committee lived in the neighborhood committee for 24 days, giving up their families and all their lives

On the one hand, there is sickness and hunger, and on the other hand, there is singing and dancing.

To speak up for her is to speak up for yourself

Many problems are caused by the lack of integrity, uncoordinated work, and inadequacy of government agencies at all levels, and in the end, problems are deposited again and again in the residents' committees at the most basic level

The authors, together with their colleagues and friends, have set up a mutual aid form for people with disabilities during the epidemic to collect the needs of people with disabilities in Shanghai.

How volunteers organized and guided the establishment of a self-governance system within the quarantined building

Shanghai Medicine Mutual Aid WeChat Group “We Are Not the God of Medicine”

“Stop fucking reading that press release—anyone can do that. Can you turn on your mic and speak for real? You bastard.”

During the lockdown, searching for medicine for my father with cancer felt like Run Lola Run trapped in a never-ending Groundhog Day.

在一栋没有人能出去的楼里，那个女人的出现让人们兴奋。

At first, they said it would be a four-day lockdown.

Under the elevated highway by the train station, stranded travelers had taken shelter.

The company hasn't cared about us since the first day of the pandemic. They are very irresponsible towards us. This money is earned by risking our lives.

A previously unheard term: "History of No Positive Cases." In other words, if someone has ever been positive, they lose the qualification for even the most basic job.

The restaurant industry in Shanghai is falling deeper into a经营困境 as they face the challenge of "resuming work without dine-in services."

Every day, she put on protective gear and became a “Big White” in the public restroom.

A group of aunties returning from work to their rental apartments were reported to the police by the property owners as potential threats, and then “evicted” from the compound by the neighborhood committee.

Several truck drivers told *China Newsweek* that their income has dropped significantly compared with before the pandemic, and because of the epidemic prevention risks, they also carry the stigma of being “like rats crossing the street, scorned by everyone.”

They built clay stoves by the roadside, gave each other haircuts on small stools, and even had fishing rods and nets. By the “frozen” roadside, there was a small river, where they would catch fish.

For many companies and enterprises, aside from resuming work, the biggest challenge remains logistics: ports and highways. Beyond demurrage fees, the hardest part is obtaining a travel permit.

The global economy has already felt the ripple effects of Shanghai’s lockdown, impacting everything from commodity prices to electric vehicle production.

As Shanghai gradually recovers from the pandemic, we revisited those who were once homeless.

Wuhan Chef Quits Job to Deliver Food in Shanghai as an Act of Gratitude

The Pandemic Ended the Springtime of Their Lives.

After a wave of closures of physical venues such as cinemas and bookstores, literary and artistic groups, as well as individual artists, also found themselves at a crossroads between staying and leaving.

In the Third Month of Shanghai’s Lockdown, Facing Various Hardships and Uncertainties, Small Shops Are Exhausted.

“It’s not that they don't want to return to work, it’s that they really can’t.”

During the Lockdown, Huolala Drivers Stranded in Shanghai Continue to Take Orders, Living in Their Vehicles.

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.

During the Shanghai lockdown, the Shanghai Rainbow Chamber Singers created a song dedicated to ordinary heroes amidst the pandemic.

Shanghai residents collectively sang Lo Ta-yu’s Tomorrow Will Be Better on the street during the lockdown; police did not directly intervene.

Although the lyrics conclude by stating that the song criticizes Russia and the U.S., the content is more directed at condemning Shanghai's lockdown policies.

The wallpaper parodies Haizi’s famous poem "Facing the Sea, with Spring Blossoms", rewriting it as "Facing Another Neighborhood, Still Waiting."

Shanghai jokes have since become as famous as Soviet jokes.

Who is directing this play, in this human world of April?

A Shanghai netizen turned all their used antigen test kits into wings and wore them.

A song created by netizens after Shanghai’s “reopening,” rejecting the victory celebrations.

Author Chen Yaya uses satire to portray the lives of people during lockdown, drawing parallels between "Dream of the Red Chamber" and modern reality. The story explores power struggles and human resilience in the face of a pandemic.

"The power of music, the sound of silence."

The pandemic will eventually pass, scallions grow fast, but our wisdom grows slowly.

“Let's all go snatch veggies—if you don't snatch today, there'll be none left. Come tomorrow and it's too expensive. We'll all be hungry together!”

“There’s a new phrase now — No business, no Shanghai.”

“When freedom and thought are shackled by power, when green lanes are sealed and become dead ends.”

A print created by an independent artist during lockdown

The Japanese occupying forces prohibited citizens from leaving the lockdown zone—even for medical needs or basic supplies—while profiting from reselling goods at high prices. A clip from a historical film is now used to criticize Shanghai’s pandemic measures.

“Have you seen the original of this painting? They’re beating someone—like they’re dancing.”

“Why is it that they made the mistake, but I’m the one who suffers?”

“I live just to do PCR tests, and even if I die—I’ll still do PCR tests.”