Shanghai’s covid-19 lockdown is not even close to over
Don’t believe what you read in the papers
THE 25M RESIDENTS of Shanghai could be forgiven for not recognising their own city in the pages of the local press. Most have been locked in their homes for weeks because of an outbreak of covid-19. Yet an article published on May 9th in a state-owned rag noted how residents in some districts are happily returning to their local markets. Another explains that, with covid on the wane, interest in Shanghai from global investors is picking up again. The People’s Daily, a mouthpiece of the Communist Party, referred to the long lockdown as a “pause”.
This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline “The never-ending lockdown”
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