Posted on 04/21/2022 5:25:22 PM PDT by dynachrome
Now that local authorities have started to lift the lockdown on Shanghai, releasing 4 million people from being locked away inside their apartments yesterday, the true scope of the suffering is just starting to become apparent.
Following myriad complaints about shortages of food and other medicine, Shanghai’s market watchdog (which has mostly been focused on mitigating the impact of the shutdown on Shanghai’s factories and its all-important port) has reportedly pledged to investigate.
Shanghai’s market watchdog has pledged to tighten oversight of pandemic supplies after residents complained that rotten food was being delivered by authorities, leaving them with little, or nothing, to eat.
The announcement comes as residents struggle to secure daily necessities as they remain stuck in their homes while the city battles its worst COVID outbreak in two years.
Tao Ailian, an official at the municipal market regulator, told Caixin on Wednesday that the watchdog had directed authorities to ensure the quality of produce that is being distributed.
In other Shanghai news, the Associated Press reported on Thursday that the low COVID death rates in Shanghai is raising ‘doubts’ (of course, there have been plenty of reports about the authorities covering up deaths in nursing homes and other places with large numbers of elderly residents).
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~Xi
Just a little side note to the Shanghai saga. Corruption? Commies can’t be corrupt/s
Hmmm i think I’ll order some of the generals chicken to celebrate. Russians and Chinese are suffering. Yay. Die china die you evil bastards.
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