Horrifying videos of Shanghai residents screaming from their windows over stringent lockdown have been doing rounds on Twitter-like Weibo. Chinese netizens are now exposing the torture and grief behind China’s zero-Covid policy.
Covid rules-related pushback has also brought a wave of arrests and detentions. And amid the Covid-induced disruption of supply chains and the war in Ukraine, prices of commodities are also increasing. This week, in Chinese Vignettes we cover all the top stories making news in China.