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When this Shanghai building went into COVID lockdown, my WeChat message group blew up

For nine years, I lived in a giant apartment complex called the Summit with hundreds of other people in the city of Shanghai. Now my old neighbors are entering week six stuck inside.

WEKU

‘Like Wuhan all over again’: As Shanghai protests, China censors

Shanghai’s COVID-19 lockdown has fuelled outrage on a scale not seen since 2020 after the virus first began to spread.

Al Jazeera

Read About Tencent's Latest Move At Battling Misinformation

Tencent Holding Ltd's (OTC:TCEHY) popular messaging service WeChat will begin revealing users' locations when they post on the platform, Reuters reports. Recently, a popular social media platform, Weibo Corporation (NASDAQ:WB), introduced the same settings permanently after more than a month of testing. The new setting aimed to combat misinformation related to recent "domestic and overseas hot-topic…

Benzinga

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Below the Line: Will different cultural groups favour one side of politics this federal election? – podcast

Is there any such thing as the so-called “ethnic vote” in a country as multicultural as Australia? Do different cultural groups favour one side of politics over another? For instance, in Victoria’s most marginal seat of Chisholm, will the Hong Kong-born Liberal MP Gladys Liu be advantaged by the Chinese…

The Conversation

Beijing locals buy fridges, stockpile food after Shanghai residents warn COVID outbreak will 'get serious'

As health authorities continue mass testing nearly 22 million people in Beijing to curb a COVID-19 outbreak, the city's residents are stockpiling food and other basic goods.

ABC News

Covid camps, fenced-off apartments and workers forced to sleep in factories — inside Shanghai’s lockdown

More than 25 million residents have been shut inside their homes for four weeks while officials battle to contain the city’s worst Omicron surge to date. As fences go up around housing blocks with no end to the lockdown in sight, Ed Tucker reports from China’s Covid frontline

Evening Standard

China web users race to post censored video on lockdown troubles

Chinese internet users rallied to outwit government censors on a video documenting weeks of lockdown in Shanghai, flooding social media feeds as frustration continued to escalate over strict COVID zero rules.

Tribune News Service

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Sydney's Chinese-Australians buying food for family in lockdown in Shanghai

Sydney residents are securing food for their families in Shanghai, who continue to live under strict lockdown rules because of a COVID-19 Omicron outbreak.

ABC News

Chinese battle web censors to vent lockdown anger

Chinese internet users have rallied to outwit government censors on a video documenting weeks of lockdown in Shanghai, flooding social media feeds as frustration continued to escalate over strict Covid Zero rules.

Bangkok Post

Shanghai: video maker urges people to stop sharing film critical of Covid lockdown

Plea comes after ‘Voices of April’ spreads on social media as users get creative to bypass China’s censors

The Guardian - UK

Chinese Australian Liberal supporters falsely accuse Labor faithful and government critics of being under investigation

Liberal Party faithful in the Chinese community falsely accuse prominent Labor supporters and Morrison government critics of being under investigation by intelligence agencies for election interference.

ABC News

Qudian Sees Food for Growth in Prepared Meals, Weighs Exit of Core Lending Business

Key Takeaways • Qudian said it has started trial operations for QD Food, which sells ready-to-cook meal kits through a WeChat mini app • The move comes as company says it may wind down its original credit business due to challenging regulatory environment By Warren Yang

Benzinga

My life in Shanghai’s never-ending zero-Covid lockdown

A resident in the Chinese megalopolis describes the desperation – and the humanity – of three weeks in strict quarantine

The Guardian - UK

COVID-shaming pits neighbour against neighbour in locked-down Shanghai

The tensions of lockdown have exposed divisions among Shanghai residents, pitting young against old, locals against outsiders, and above all, COVID-negative against COVID-positive people.

Reuters

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Shanghai is China's richest city. But even billionaires and celebrities aren't safe from its extreme lockdown

As Shanghai enters its fourth week of lockdown, Chinese elites are finding themselves trapped by extreme COVID measures in a city where the welfare of lower-income residents remains unknown.

Evening Standard

Shanghai residents and police clash after homes seized for Covid quarantine

Shanghai residents have been seen in a video wrangling with authorities in hazmat suits as anger and desperation at the city’s Covid lockdown continues.

ABC News

Shanghai authorities turning residential buildings into COVID-19 isolation facilities, sparking anger

Authorities in Shanghai are converting residential buildings into quarantine centres to house a mounting number of COVID-19 cases, but the move is sparking anger and protests among neighbours who are worried they are being put at increased risk of infection.

The Times of India

Locked-Down Shanghai residents barter for what money can’t buy

SHANGHAI: For many of Shanghai’s 25 million residents, the city’s strict Covid lockdown has made procuring food and daily necessities a struggle money can’t resolve. They’re resorting instead to bartering, trading neighbors ice cream for vegetables or wine for cake.

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The Times of India

Elderly Shanghai man’s pleas for medical help censored in China

BEIJING: China has censored an audio clip of an elderly man in Shanghai begging a local official for help seeing a doctor, a sign of the pressure confronting the government as it enforces an increasingly unpopular lockdown on the financial hub of 25 million people.

ABC News

Why the Ukraine-Russia war is dividing the Australian Chinese community

Chinese Australians say polarised views on the invasion of Ukraine are leading to unpleasant conversations between husbands and wives, parents and children, and colleagues at work.

The Times of India

Covid-19: Shanghai's locked down elite are joining hunt for groceries

SHANGHAI: Even the wealthy are struggling to buy food as Shanghai's lockdown drags on.

Benzinga

Weibo Plays With the Big Boys in Numbers, But Investors Still Worry

Key takeaways: Weibo’s revenue rose above pre-pandemic levels last year, but its profitability lagged due to heavy spending The company trails Meta in its ability to monetize users, and is very much in the shadow of local rival WeChat in terms of total user numbers By Ken Lo

The Guardian - AU

YouTube restores suspended account of Chinese vlogger reporting from Ukraine on atrocities

YouTube takes action a week after suspending Wang Jixian’s channel when it received a report his posts contained ‘suspected violence’

The Conversation

Chinese students are becoming more politically active in Australian elections – but it comes at a risk

Chinese international students in Australia have become more politically engaged in recent years, particularly when it comes to student politics on campus.

Tribune News Service

China finds new omicron variant subtype as daily COVID cases exceed 13,000

China added more than 13,000 new COVID-19 infections with state media reporting a case infected with a new subtype of the omicron variant.

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