It’s 2022, and China’s most populous city is under a strict lockdown. Again.
An American expat tells us what it’s like living in Shanghai at the moment ...
An American expat tells us what it’s like living in Shanghai at the moment ...
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00:00Lockdown update, part 11.
00:01If you've been watching, you know that Shanghai is currently
00:03undergoing lockdown due to an increase in COVID cases.
00:10We have been basically isolated from COVID for two years.
00:14It's essentially like we were frozen in time from 2020
00:19and now it's like now they press the play button again.
00:30Right now, we cannot leave.
00:33Originally, we had our fingers crossed that we would be able to move
00:37around our compound after the 5th.
00:39But they did city-wide testing, the entire city.
00:43They tested everybody, all 26 million of us one day.
00:49And we were awaiting the results.
00:52So they were using that information to determine
00:55how they're going to proceed with the lockdown.
01:00But now, we're not going to be able to do that.
01:02We're not going to be able to do that.
01:04We're not going to be able to do that.
01:06We're not going to be able to do that.
01:08We're not going to be able to do that.
01:10We're not going to be able to do that.
01:12We're not going to be able to do that.
01:14We're not going to be able to do that.
01:16We're not going to be able to do that.
01:18We're not going to be able to do that.
01:20We're not going to be able to do that.
01:22We're not going to be able to do that.
01:24We're not going to be able to do that.
01:26We're not going to be able to do that.
01:28It's very serious.
01:58Downstairs.
02:00So, there are people who are like,
02:02yay, I get to leave my building to go do testing.
02:04That's like where we are right now.
02:16A lot of people are ready to leave.
02:18They're like, I'm done with China.
02:20I'm leaving.
02:22The thing is, I saw what happened in 2020.
02:24I saw what happened in Wuhan.
02:26I stayed.
02:28At the time, a lot of people were like,
02:30if you need to get out,
02:32we're going to find a way to let everybody leave.
02:34I was like,
02:36no.
02:38I'm just going to stay here and stick it out
02:40and see what happens.
02:42If any country has the ability
02:44to mobilize very quickly
02:46and enact change, it's China.
02:56We're going to stay.
02:58We're going to stay.
03:00We're going to stay.
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03:24We're going to stay.