The Shanghainese were again on the balcony Thursday evening in China. Not to applaud the caregivers, but to ask for more food after a month of confinement in the city to stem the outbreak of Omicron. A new manifestation of discontent this time with saucepans.
With our correspondent in Beijing, Stephane Lagarde with Louise May, from the RFI office in Beijing
” Take out your basins, your pots and make some noise ! A simple watchword and an appointment given to the Shanghainese via apps and social networks at 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m. or even later, to tap on everything that resonates.
With the Omicron outbreak, Shanghai is on the balcony. A revolt empty bellies at the windows of large housing estates. Like all residents of Puxi District, Crystal has been confined for a month. The supply of the neighborhood committee continues to arrive in dribs and drabs, explains this commercial executive: ” We only received supplies from the street office three times. The first and the last were vegetables. But some were rotten. The second, we had rice and eggs, only 30 grams. »
Authorities call the event a “color revolution”
Supply difficulties are compensated by group purchases between residents, but delivery prices are skyrocketing. Hence this new manifestation of anger immediately qualified as “ color revolution » by the authorities.
Some residence committees took out the megaphones. “ Foreign forces incite Shanghai residents to protest epidemic prevention and control work. Go home shout the loudspeakers of the residence committees.
Those who made the calls are going to be in trouble, it is whispered on resident groups on WeChat messaging: “ They were all arrested the same day. Residents of the residence said they saw police enter various buildings. But there was still a lot of noise tonight. It lasted 30 minutes. At least ten residential communities reportedly participated in Thursday night’s uproar in Shanghai. Some won their case, with neighborhood committees promising new deliveries within four days.