<story><title>An Account of the Shanghai Lockdown</title><url>https://jaapgrolleman.com/shanghais-stunning-fall-from-grace/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tangsanqian</author><text>As a Chinese, I can say that the situation is worse than it in the article. My brother is a student who lives in a flat and has not eaten for two days and no one has brought basic substances. He can&amp;#x27;t leave the flat, he turns to his tutor but his tutor is also forced to stay at home (eating instant noodles every day). We are worried about him but there is nothing we can do, if we criticise the government on chinese Twitter we will be arrested by the police. ಥ_ಥ</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>baka367</author><text>me and my wife (we live in Suzhou) actually talked that if this happens to our city, it might actually become worth to &amp;quot;cause trouble&amp;quot; and get arrested, hoping that there would be some food given in the police station. 
Its ridiculous how dystopian such conversations have become recently...</text></comment>
<story><title>An Account of the Shanghai Lockdown</title><url>https://jaapgrolleman.com/shanghais-stunning-fall-from-grace/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tangsanqian</author><text>As a Chinese, I can say that the situation is worse than it in the article. My brother is a student who lives in a flat and has not eaten for two days and no one has brought basic substances. He can&amp;#x27;t leave the flat, he turns to his tutor but his tutor is also forced to stay at home (eating instant noodles every day). We are worried about him but there is nothing we can do, if we criticise the government on chinese Twitter we will be arrested by the police. ಥ_ಥ</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kurthr</author><text>Yes, and anyone without a Shanghai hukou (identity card) is not even allowed to get government food. That is a LOT of people in the Shanghai region. I wish the best for everyone stuck there.</text></comment>