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Chinese citizens running out of food, essentials amid harsh Covid-19 curbs​




China's heavy-handed and draconian approach to handling Covid-19 lockdowns has left millions of its residents struggling to meet basic daily needs, said a media report.

In its report, The HK Post reported that two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chinese government is failing to provide its people with essential supplies even as it imposes on them stringent curbs bordering on human rights abuse.

The HK Post highlighted the case of the city of Xi'an, which has been under a harrowing lockdown since December 23 last year. Complaints about terrible food shortages and critical patients facing severe distress in face of supply and administrative issues have been pouring in from this Xi'an city of nearly 13 million residents.

Many have complained online that they were surviving on a bowl of porridge a day and were on the brink of starvation. Even while admitting that there were problems in providing essential supplies to the locals, officials initially refused to budge from the position that "the total supply of daily necessities in Xi'an is sufficient", said the report.
According to the report the people then took to social media, claiming that they were not being allowed to leave their housing compounds while they ran out of food. "How do we live? What do we eat? Days ago, we could go out once to buy groceries but that's been cancelled.
All online grocery apps are either sold out or not delivering," a user wrote on the Weibo platform. "In 2020 as well, Wuhan, another Chinese city considered the epicentre of the pandemic, was also put under a similar lockdown." Nearly 11 million people were restricted and confined to their houses for many traumatic months.
The 13 million-person lockdown in Xi'an is now China's largest since Wuhan, The HK Post reported. Just like Wuhan, the city of Xi'an is now also facing the brunt of China's top-down political system and the "whatever it costs" approach to achieve its zero-Covid policy goal. "No one cares what you die of other than Covid-19," a user wrote on Chinese social media.
In the Gushi province of Henan, only one symptomatic and one asymptomatic case was reported. And yet, nearly 1 million residents cannot leave the town. Similar curbs have been put in place in Xuchang, where 1 million residents of Yuzhou city are under lockdown.
The authorities have also put the Anyang city under curfew after 58 Covid-19 cases emerged while the movement of as many as 14 million people in Tianjin has been clamped down after 21 Covid-19 cases were reported from the city, the report noted.

Meanwhile, on January 8 this year, Xi'an residents were in for another unpleasant surprise. It turned out that Hema fresh food delivery apps stopped offering online purchases "in accordance with the government's pandemic control demands".
Owned by the Alibaba group, Hema Xiansheng was one of the few grocery stores that were delivering food in many districts of Xi'an. Authorities claimed that violation of sanitation rules was reported from several branches of the supermarket chain. But the netizens erupted in anger. "It's shameless.
During the outbreak in Xi'an, the only company that provided us with food is again being investigated," a Weibo user wrote. Taking advantage of the situation, the remaining outlets increased their prices manifold, The HK Post reported.


 

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Chinese citizens running out of food, essentials amid harsh Covid-19 curbs​




China's heavy-handed and draconian approach to handling Covid-19 lockdowns has left millions of its residents struggling to meet basic daily needs, said a media report.

In its report, The HK Post reported that two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chinese government is failing to provide its people with essential supplies even as it imposes on them stringent curbs bordering on human rights abuse.

The HK Post highlighted the case of the city of Xi'an, which has been under a harrowing lockdown since December 23 last year. Complaints about terrible food shortages and critical patients facing severe distress in face of supply and administrative issues have been pouring in from this Xi'an city of nearly 13 million residents.

Many have complained online that they were surviving on a bowl of porridge a day and were on the brink of starvation. Even while admitting that there were problems in providing essential supplies to the locals, officials initially refused to budge from the position that "the total supply of daily necessities in Xi'an is sufficient", said the report.
According to the report the people then took to social media, claiming that they were not being allowed to leave their housing compounds while they ran out of food. "How do we live? What do we eat? Days ago, we could go out once to buy groceries but that's been cancelled.
All online grocery apps are either sold out or not delivering," a user wrote on the Weibo platform. "In 2020 as well, Wuhan, another Chinese city considered the epicentre of the pandemic, was also put under a similar lockdown." Nearly 11 million people were restricted and confined to their houses for many traumatic months.
The 13 million-person lockdown in Xi'an is now China's largest since Wuhan, The HK Post reported. Just like Wuhan, the city of Xi'an is now also facing the brunt of China's top-down political system and the "whatever it costs" approach to achieve its zero-Covid policy goal. "No one cares what you die of other than Covid-19," a user wrote on Chinese social media.
In the Gushi province of Henan, only one symptomatic and one asymptomatic case was reported. And yet, nearly 1 million residents cannot leave the town. Similar curbs have been put in place in Xuchang, where 1 million residents of Yuzhou city are under lockdown.
The authorities have also put the Anyang city under curfew after 58 Covid-19 cases emerged while the movement of as many as 14 million people in Tianjin has been clamped down after 21 Covid-19 cases were reported from the city, the report noted.

Meanwhile, on January 8 this year, Xi'an residents were in for another unpleasant surprise. It turned out that Hema fresh food delivery apps stopped offering online purchases "in accordance with the government's pandemic control demands".
Owned by the Alibaba group, Hema Xiansheng was one of the few grocery stores that were delivering food in many districts of Xi'an. Authorities claimed that violation of sanitation rules was reported from several branches of the supermarket chain. But the netizens erupted in anger. "It's shameless.
During the outbreak in Xi'an, the only company that provided us with food is again being investigated," a Weibo user wrote. Taking advantage of the situation, the remaining outlets increased their prices manifold, The HK Post reported.


Lol, Times of India never fails us when it comes to reports about China. Way to go.

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Google and Check out global hunger index, some country is indeed running out of food, but it's not China.

 

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Lol, Times of India never fails us when it comes to reports about China. Way to go.

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China's population is less than 20% of the world total

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Read it again. It's based on a report by HK post. Even BBC has a report.
In democratic nations, media outlets (with a few exceptions) are there to hold Govts responsible, not for propaganda reasons like in Communist nations.

 

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Read it again. It's based on a report by HK post. Even BBC has a report.
In democratic nations, media outlets (with a few exceptions) are there to hold Govts responsible, not for propaganda reasons like in Communist nations.

China is running out of food, no matter who reports it, do you believe it? it's the biggest joke, we have over half of world food stored in China. the very country who indeed has a food problem is your India, but do you care?
 

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China is running out of food, no matter who reports it, do you believe it? it's the biggest joke, we have over half of world food stored in China. the very country who indeed has a food problem is your India, but do you care?
Please don't derail the thread and stick to the topic. Read the forum rules.
 

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Please don't derail the thread and stick to the topic. Read the forum rules.
Who is derailing it? just because you posted it doesn't mean it's true, you call whoever debunks this funny lie derailing a thread?
 

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Please debunk it with a source instead of derailing the thread
What fact? If you call yourself the god and ask me to show proof to disprove the claim, what can I say? The fact is China has over half of the world total food stored in China and all global studies show food shortage is not a problem in China. and I want to hear you opinion about your serious hunger crisis shown by many researches and studies, mind to share?
 

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What fact? If you call yourself the god and ask me to show proof to disprove the claim, what can I say? The fact is China has over half of the world total food stored in China and all global studies show food shortage is not a problem in China. and I want to hear you opinion about your serious hunger crisis shown by many researches and studies, mind to share?
This is related to a particular region. Please read the article.
 

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This is related to a particular region. Please read the article.
No region lacks food in China, including rock bottom less developed Tibet, where school meals are for free for every student, what's your input on your serious hunger crisis back home?
 

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Please provide a source countering the articles above

lOl, the same western media also reports a girl in Xi'an being stuck with a blind date in the lockddown and she streamed her blind date cooking for her every day, if they didn't have the food, what did her blind date cook for her with? the western media's report always lacks one important thing, consistency.

 
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lOl, the same western media also reports a girl in Xi'an being stuck with a blind date in the lockddown and she streamed her blind date cooking for her every day, if they didn't have the food, what did her blind date cook for her with? the western media's report always lacks one important thing, consistency.

This doesn't counter the info provided by various news agencies. It's separate news.
 

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This doesn't counter the info provided by various news agencies. It's separate news.
LoL, If they don't have food, how do those people live stream cooking to kill boredom? can you cook without food? What about Indian food problem?
 

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LoL, If they don't have food, how do those people live stream cooking to kill boredom? can you cook without food? What about Indian food problem?
Does it say anywhere that ALL people are facing this problem? Or did you just make that up to derail the thread.

For India related questions, please make a separate thread.
 

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Does it say anywhere that ALL people are facing this problem? Or did you just make that up to derail the thread.

For India related questions, please make a separate thread.
If you are talking about an isolated case, it may happen in every country and is not worth talking about, snd the Indian Times title of the article is deliberately misleading.
 

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If you are talking about an isolated case, it may happen in every country and is not worth talking about, snd the Indian Times title of the article is deliberately misleading.
I am not talking about an isolated case. Read the various news articles from various sources.

If you think the article is misleading, give a counter source.
 

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I am not talking about an isolated case. Read the various news articles from various sources.

If you think the article is misleading, give a counter source.
locking down a 10 million people city may have some isolated unpleasant cases here and there, but by and large, it's very orderly and successful, Xi'an's lockdown had been lifted and cases had been wiped out to zero, your Indian Times' article's title saying " Chinese citizens are running out of food‘’ is very misleading, we have 60% of world total food stored in China, China and "Chinese citizens" will be the last people on the planet running out of food, instead of making lies and smearing China, your Indian media should care more about your abysmal food problems, which is almost the worst on this planet.
 

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locking down a 10 million people city may have some isolated unpleasant cases here and there, but by and large, it's very orderly and successful, Xi'an's lockdown had been lifted and cases had been wiped out to zero, your Indian Times' article's title saying " Chinese citizens are running out of food‘’ is very misleading, we have 60% of world total food stored in China, China and "Chinese citizens" will be the last people on the planet running out of food, instead of making lies and smearing China, your Indian media should care more about your abysmal food problems, which is almost the worst on this planet.
So as usual, you don't have a counter source.
 
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