Posted on 01/14/2021 12:36:23 PM PST by george76
Post-COVID world an “absolute” surveillance state..
As part of the post-COVID “new normal” in China, which has been heralded by many in the west for its lockdown policies, some citizens now have to scan a government tracking app before being allowed to re-enter their own homes.
That’s according to a LockdownSceptics.org reader who has lived in China on and off since 2002 and owns a home and company there.
According to the reader, life isn’t back to what it was before the pandemic and has in fact changed drastically.
“Prior to the crisis, the population could move around freely without restriction,” he writes. “Now, you cannot enter most major public places like a station, an airport, a mall or any government building, without scanning a tracking app on your phone that clears you for entry with a green smiley face. Most residential compounds also require scanning to enter. So after you leave your home, you need to pass a scan to come back in.”
The individual also notes that “surveillance of the population is now total and absolute,” with virtually all transactions being run through either WePay or Alipay, which links them to a government ID number.
He also asserts that the notion that face masks were common in China before COVID-19 is a myth and that they were in fact “a rare sight.”
“Masks are now ubiquitous. There is supposedly no coronavirus in China but you need to wear a mask in airports, stations, malls, large public gatherings, taxis and all government buildings.”
Mainstream media outlets have continually praised China for its draconian approach to lockdown and advocated similar measures for the west.
As we previously highlighted, China’s onerous social credit score system, which punishes people who criticize the government by restricting their ability to engage in commerce, travel or even Internet use, has now been connected up with the post-COVID surveillance system.
In the age of social media deplatforming, an identical system is gradually being introduced in the west, where people who have been banned by social media networks for ‘offensive’ views are then also deplatformed by companies, insurance firms and banks.
american socialists want this for all citizens as well
track you when you come back to your holding cell
“Big Brother is Watching You.”
― George Orwell, 1984
This is nothing, go back to sleep.
Pei-Ping.
2 + 2 = 5
right out of Orwell’s 1984.
Just curious, how do you own property in China?
Why doesn’t the supporters of the left see that this is the place where their policies bring us.
What happens if your phone battery is dead?
The procedures for real estate transactions in China are beyond ridiculous.
In a few years they will make those payment systems the ONLY ones legal to use, and the government will then take what it wants from your money and give it to loyal party members.
Same way you own property anywhere, you own it and take care of it as long as the government allows you to. We used to have some assurance that if the government needed your property they had to give you fair compensation, but that notion was recorded in some outdated old paper written by by a bunch of old racist white men.
Simple, so are you.
Ah so... Masks are helping to spread the virus in China also.
you go to bathroom twice a month, I dock you, no soup for you..
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