“zero COVID” policy

Can’t censor blank sheets of paper, can you, comrade?

In what the Reuters news agency called a “widespread outpouring” of public protest, Chinese objecting to perpetual lockdowns–a feature of China’s “zero COVID” policy–are displaying blank sheets of paper (https://www.reuters.com/world/china/blank-sheets-paper-become-symbol-defiance-china-protests-2022-11-27/).

“The white paper represent(s) everything we want to say but cannot say,” a protester told Western reporters. The protests have been especially “widespread” in major cities like Beijing and Nanjing. The blank sheets of paper, of course, are an attempt to defeat censorship and repression.

The images of the protests bring to mind those we saw during the collapse of the Soviet Union. It would be a good thing for the whole world if China’s communist tyranny drowned in its own COVID policies and was replaced by… liberty! That was Sun Yat-sen’s dream, over 100 years ago. We pray in Jesus’ name that at long last the people of China gain their liberty.

Disney twenty-three Unlocks the Gates to Shanghai Disney Resort - D23

Dante would definitely have included this in the Inferno, if they’d only had Disney theme parks and resorts in the 14th century.

Chinese authorities recently locked down the Disney Resort in Shanghai because of one COVID case (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shanghai-disneyland-closed-covid-china-visitors-locked-in-park-for-testing/). People–“guests,” they like to call ’em–were not permitted to leave until they’d tested negative for COVID.

We don’t know how many were stuck there, but we are told they tested 400,000 “guests” before they let them go… many hours later. The “guests” were lucky; it might’ve taken days.

The Chicoms believe they can attain a state of “zero COVID” if they repress their people hard enough. “Obey or die” has always been a persuasive argument. “Zero COVID” is probably impossible; but it’s a great excuse for controlling people’s lives.

Imagine it, though–you’re stranded in Disney World for all eternity. And Xi Jinping owns the place. Wake up screaming…