When this Shanghai building went into COVID lockdown, my WeChat message group blew up
For nine years, I lived in a giant apartment complex called the Summit with hundreds of other people in the city of Shanghai. Now my old neighbors are entering week six stuck inside.
For nine years, I lived in a giant apartment complex called the Summit with hundreds of other people in the city of Shanghai.
My family and I left China months before the pandemic, but I still stay in touch with some of my former neighbors through the group messaging platform WeChat, which is where I saw this video.
That's a government drone elsewhere in Shanghai, warning people who were singing from their balconies. The message says: "Please comply with COVID restrictions. Control your soul's desire for freedom. Do not open the window or sing."
