In China

[Copper]

protests small and large against Zero Covid policies

We could learn from them

[Horace]

@Copper said in In China:

protests small and large against Zero Covid policies

We could learn from them

One wonders how the American left judges the virtue of those protests. Just kidding, that's like wondering what flounders think about metaphysics.

[jon-nyc]

Good thread here

[George K]

Code Yellow....

[jon-nyc]

@jon-nyc said in In China:

Good thread here

Oops. Now I’ll add the link.

[taiwan_girl]

[jon-nyc]

[LuFins Dad]

Has anybody told them that the virus escaped from one of their own labs where they were genetically modifying it yet?

[George K]

Justin Casseaux stands with the Chinese protestors.

[George K]

[taiwan_girl]

Japan Disney story is selling shirts, coffee cups, etc with Winnie the Pooh holding a blank piece of paper.

Winnie the Pooh character has become somewhat of substitute for President Xi, going back to this satire

[Jolly]

Biden say anything yet?

[Mik]

Why say anything? All three of our largest problems have significant civil unrest. This is a good thing. Don't fuck it up.

[George K]

[Jolly]

Realize how close the West came to this? Especially with the vaccine mandates?

Public health vs. Freedom.

[jon-nyc]

The closest the west came to this was Trump flirting with the idea of quarantining NYC.

[Jolly]

Don't read much news from Australia?

[jon-nyc]

@Jolly I was thinking US only.

[jon-nyc]

Or maybe curfews in CA.

[Axtremus]

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/07/china/china-covid-restrictions-explainer-intl-hnk/index.html

“China scraps some of its most controversial Covid rules, in significant step toward reopening”