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I think Shanghai has partly been a test chamber for coexistence policies. China can't stay locked down forever, I haven't gone home in 3 years because of how ridiculously hard it is, international travel is basically dead, hell even intercity travels. Shanghai is one of the richest cities with the best facilities and also liberal enough to attempt coexistence, so naturally they are the ones testing the waters. Death rates has been very low too due to the mild nature of Omicron, so that's not entirely the worry. In any case, China needs to open up, and opening up means a wave is gonna hit sooner or later, and Shanghai is braving that wave for the whole country to observe.
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Thank you for the explanations. Truly there are a lot of issues within China that has such a complex background that it's hard to explain to a western audience how it exactly got to this point. You did a great job, thank you.
First of all, I want to say that it's wonderful to see all of you here, and your critical support of the nation I proudly call home. But more and more recently, especially reading through Chinese internet too, there has been a sense of overconfidence and overglorification of China. It is honestly a little worrying at times for me, because as much as I love my homeland and is proud of what we are doing, I know full and well that we are still a long way to go. I see this sentiment of China being the glorious land far away as a bastion and utopia against Western Imperialism and while there's a lot of truth behind that sentiment, and I definitely understand why one not living in China would choose to believe this (I live in the US now and I understand your pain, fellow US comrades). I just want to remind everyone to exercise dialectal materialism on this subject and try to look at China in a less idealised way. We cannot grow to be better without recognising our mistakes. Anyways that is my little message to you all. Have a nice day!
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Eyyyy Nanjing that's home sweet home
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Proudly made in PRC