It’s What Beijing’s Party Boss May Not Have Said That Shows Zero-Covid Fatiguepossible through the use of mobile location data, face recognition and other high-tech solutions.
By Joyu Wang, June 27, 2022, WSJ
While much of the world has reopened and is living with Covid-19, China is the last major economy to stick with a zero-tolerance approach to the virus, relying on mass testing, control of people’s movements and lockdowns or quarantines—all made
China’s continued use of such pervasive, technology-based social controls comes amid growing concern that they are both here to stay and are prone to abuse. In one recent example, officials in the central city of Zhengzhou switched the health codesof more than a thousand bank customers to color red—indicating high risk related to Covid-19 infections—to stop them from joining protests over four rural banks in the region accused of financial misconduct.
One of the would-be protesters, Ye Mijian, said that when he tried to leave the Zhengzhou train station, his green code switched to red and he was confined to a hotel.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-what-beijings-party-boss-may-not-have-said-that-shows-zero-covid-fatigue-11656342243
It’s What Beijing’s Party Boss May Not Have Said That Shows Zero-Covid Fatigue
By Joyu Wang, June 27, 2022, WSJ
While much of the world has reopened and is living with Covid-19, China is the
last major economy to stick with a zero-tolerance approach to the virus, relying on mass testing, control of people’s movements and lockdowns or quarantines—all made possible through the use of mobile location data, face recognition and other high-tech solutions.
China’s continued use of such pervasive, technology-based social controls comes amid growing concern that they are both here to stay and are prone to abuse. In one recent example, officials in the central city of Zhengzhou switched the health codes of more than a thousand bank customers to color red—indicating high risk related to Covid-19 infections—to stop them from joining protests over four rural banks in the region accused of financial misconduct.
One of the would-be protesters, Ye Mijian, said that when he tried to leave the Zhengzhou train station, his green code switched to red and he was confined to a hotel.
<https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-what-beijings-party-boss-may-not-have-said-that-shows-zero-covid-fatigue-11656342243>
On 1 Jul 2022 at 01:29:18 CEST, ""David P."" <imb...@mindspring.com> wrote:
It’s What Beijing’s Party Boss May Not Have Said That Shows Zero-Covid Fatigue
By Joyu Wang, June 27, 2022, WSJ
While much of the world has reopened and is living with Covid-19, China is the
last major economy to stick with a zero-tolerance approach to the virus, relying on mass testing, control of people’s movements and lockdowns or quarantines—all made possible through the use of mobile location data, face
recognition and other high-tech solutions.
China’s continued use of such pervasive, technology-based social controls
comes amid growing concern that they are both here to stay and are prone to
abuse. In one recent example, officials in the central city of Zhengzhou switched the health codes of more than a thousand bank customers to color red—indicating high risk related to Covid-19 infections—to stop them from
joining protests over four rural banks in the region accused of financial misconduct.
One of the would-be protesters, Ye Mijian, said that when he tried to leave
the Zhengzhou train station, his green code switched to red and he was confined to a hotel.
<https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-what-beijings-party-boss-may-not-have-said-that-shows-zero-covid-fatigue-11656342243>I cannot access the full article since it is paywalled.
CCP should think that you have to live with the virus. It is like with influenza virus. Otherwise, the economy will suffer, and the grassroots will suffer.
But I think it is one of the creative ideas of CCP, so it can use for barren people to demonstrate.
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""David P."" wrote:
It’s What Beijing’s Party Boss May Not Have Said That Shows Zero-Covid Fatigue
By Joyu Wang, June 27, 2022, WSJ
While much of the world has reopened and is living with Covid-19, China is the
last major economy to stick with a zero-tolerance approach to the virus, relying on mass testing, control of people’s movements and lockdowns or
quarantines—all made possible through the use of mobile location data, face
recognition and other high-tech solutions.
China’s continued use of such pervasive, technology-based social controls
comes amid growing concern that they are both here to stay and are prone to
abuse. In one recent example, officials in the central city of Zhengzhou switched the health codes of more than a thousand bank customers to color
red—indicating high risk related to Covid-19 infections—to stop them from
joining protests over four rural banks in the region accused of financial
misconduct.
One of the would-be protesters, Ye Mijian, said that when he tried to leave
the Zhengzhou train station, his green code switched to red and he was confined to a hotel.
<https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-what-beijings-party-boss-may-not-have-said-that-shows-zero-covid-fatigue-11656342243>I cannot access the full article since it is paywalled.
CCP should think that you have to live with the virus. It is like with influenza virus. Otherwise, the economy will suffer, and the grassroots willIt is not like with influenza virus yet. At least not yet.
suffer.
But I think it is one of the creative ideas of CCP, so it can use for barrenPlease look up the data.
people to demonstrate.
Western "Let the people die" policy, (about 180,000+ this year in the US this year alone)
does not have better economic outcome than China, both headline GDP and consumer
sentiment.
It’s What Beijing’s Party Boss May Not Have Said That Shows Zero-Covid Fatiguepossible through the use of mobile location data, face recognition and other high-tech solutions.
By Joyu Wang, June 27, 2022, WSJ
While much of the world has reopened and is living with Covid-19, China is the last major economy to stick with a zero-tolerance approach to the virus, relying on mass testing, control of people’s movements and lockdowns or quarantines—all made
China’s continued use of such pervasive, technology-based social controls comes amid growing concern that they are both here to stay and are prone to abuse. In one recent example, officials in the central city of Zhengzhou switched the health codesof more than a thousand bank customers to color red—indicating high risk related to Covid-19 infections—to stop them from joining protests over four rural banks in the region accused of financial misconduct.
One of the would-be protesters, Ye Mijian, said that when he tried to leave the Zhengzhou train station, his green code switched to red and he was confined to a hotel.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-what-beijings-party-boss-may-not-have-said-that-shows-zero-covid-fatigue-11656342243
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