“I don’t know what to do. If we can still survive living like this then I suppose that’s what we’ll do,” said a Wuhan resident surnamed Chang, 38.
“When we see these news stories about COVID, we now feel a bit numb. We feel numb to it all. We feel more and more numb.”
Wuhan also suspended the sale of pork in parts of the city, according to images and posts on social media, after one COVID case was found that authorities said was linked to the local pork supply chain.
There were no new market-boosting initiatives from the Communist Party congress, where Xi Jinping, the most powerful leader in decades, gained a free hand in setting policy. The ruling party named a seven-member Standing Committee made of Xi’s allies and dropped supporters of free enterprise like Premier Li Keqiang, the party’s No. 2 before the party’s once in five years congress.
Xi wants a bigger Communist Party role in business and technology development. That has prompted warnings tighter control of entrepreneurs who generate jobs and wealth will depress growth that already was in long-term decline.
Xi-zero Covid Policy: China's anti-human epidemic prevention, Chinese people's genitals are sealed, and they are not allowed to pee pic.twitter.com/EQHozuWoBr
Shanghai Xiangyang North Road Two girls pulled up a banner. There are some simple Chinese characters written. Don’t do that. Don’t do that. Don’t do that. People around us say we’ve always wanted to do this.
Overseas, many anti-Xi posters were put up by Chinese students like Jolie, who have long learned to keep their critical political views to themselves due to a culture of fear. Under Xi, the party has ramped up surveillance and control of the Chinese diaspora, intimidating and harassing those who dare to speak out and threatening their families back home.
At noon on October 13, Beijing time, banners were hung on an overpass at Shitongqiao (People’s University Station) in Beijing expressing dissatisfaction with the CCP’s rule and calling for strikes and school closures. Banners were hung, local traffic was paralyzed, and China has now blocked the incident on all platforms.北京时间10月13日中午，北京市石通桥（人民大学站）立交桥上悬挂横幅，表达对中共统治的不满，呼吁罢工、停课。横幅被悬挂，当地交通瘫痪，中国现已在所有平台上封锁了这起事件。
The banner reads:
strike! strike! ousted dictator Xi Jinping!
Eat uncensored and free from control!
Don’t lie, respect, don’t reform, reform!
Leaders don’t ask for votes, don’t be a slave to be a citizen!
