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Chinese censors told to drown out posts about food and medicine shortages in the mostly-Uyghur province of Xinjian
Locals are chafing under a strict quarantine, and officials seem to want to keep it under wraps.
by Alexandru Micu
September 16, 2022
China was the first country in the world to put quarantines in place during the Covid-19 pandemic. But the virus still persists there, as everywhere else. The Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture, also known as Yili, was placed under lockdown in early August this year after a fresh outbreak of the virus, and this move was taken without any official announcement to give the public time to prepare.
Now, one month into the lockdown, locals in Yili have taken to social media to write about their experiences, especially about growing concerns and complaints regarding shortages of food, medication, delays or outright refusals of medical care. But their posts are being drowned out by a flood of innocuous posts dealing with anything from cooking to details of personal moods… but not all is as innocent as it seems...
Chinese censors told to drown out posts about food and medicine shortages in the mostly-Uyghur province of Xinjian
Locals are chafing under a strict quarantine, and officials seem to want to keep it under wraps.
by Alexandru Micu
September 16, 2022
China was the first country in the world to put quarantines in place during the Covid-19 pandemic. But the virus still persists there, as everywhere else. The Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture, also known as Yili, was placed under lockdown in early August this year after a fresh outbreak of the virus, and this move was taken without any official announcement to give the public time to prepare.
Now, one month into the lockdown, locals in Yili have taken to social media to write about their experiences, especially about growing concerns and complaints regarding shortages of food, medication, delays or outright refusals of medical care. But their posts are being drowned out by a flood of innocuous posts dealing with anything from cooking to details of personal moods… but not all is as innocent as it seems...