Maybe we are much more similar than we thought.

China

https://www.dw.com/en/china-why-is-pu...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-c...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...

Beijing

Cases, + 22

Tian Wei Beijing’s municipal party committee

The risk of continued and hidden transmission is high, and the situation is grim

The whole city of Beijing must act immediately

Shanghai

Most of 25 million, strict lockdown, in fifth week

Cases, + 22,284 + 20,634 + 19,657
= 320,000

Symptomatic cases, + 2,988 + 1,580

Deaths, + 3 + 12 + 39 = 87

elderly, unvaccinated, underlying health problems

140 deaths from non-COVID illnesses

Many moved to several quarantine centres or quarantine hotels

Transfers to quarantine facilities 100 miles away

Only those who tested negative could go

Communist Party Vice Premier Sun Chunlan

no exemptions

all infected people should be treated, all close contacts should be isolated

transferred to government-run centralised quarantine

People's Daily

persistence is victory

Health workers in full PPE

Spreading lime powder

disinfection measures will be escalated in homes, some forced to move out

overwhelmed delivery services