Posted on 04/13/2021 5:51:31 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Shanghai’s new regulations, which require visitors to register their personal information if they stay in the city for more than 24 hours, caused backlash on Chinese social media. One expert believes the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will implement the same rules throughout China in the near future because it is confronted by four major crises that threaten its rule.
On April 1, Shanghai began to enforce the newly revised “Shanghai Real Population Services and Management Regulations,” demanding visitors who stay in the financial hub for more than 24 hours to register or face a fine of up to 5,000 yuan ($750).
On March 31, when Chinese social media gave advance notice of Shanghai’s new regulations, it immediately caused backlash, with 160 million views on Weibo and 22,000 people mostly venting their anger or discontent over the news. The following are a few comments from netizens.
“Shanghai is becoming more and more like a perfect Foucault’s panopticon [in reference to a form of surveillance].”
“A Chinese citizen can’t travel freely in his own country? … Shanghai is within the border of China, but as a Chinese citizen, I have to register to go to another place in my own country … it’s a big city. Shanghai visa—it’s so funny!”
“The Shanghai Republic was founded today! Beijing has an entry permit, while Shanghai has visa-on-arrival.”
“I think Shanghai should build its own border wall, and then establish a border military defense position, and any visitors who come to Shanghai must first apply for a visa at a Shanghai embassy!”
“What is the basis for Shanghai’s new rules? For foreign visitors, yes. But for domestic visitors, what is the point??????”
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NY Times Responds: We LOVE what China is able to do to its citizens!
Whats ironic is libtards want citizens rounded up and internal walls and borders put up for them, but cant handle border walls keeping illegals, noncitizens, out of the country.
Guess which one is constitutionally required. Libtards can’t.
We are already fenced out of Washington. The Red China Control and Lockdown Syndrome is alive and well in our USA.
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