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Shanghai Lockdown: What’s Really Going On

Shanghai Lockdown: What’s Really Going On

The Quicky

April 25, 202216m 31s

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Show Notes

Covid-19 restrictions in Australia have eased further over the weekend as we continue to adjust to living with the virus, but for the more than 25 million people who call Shanghai home, life looks very different as they remain in one of the world's toughest lockdowns.

Reports of people being forced to stay in their homes without even basic food, medicines and other essentials are widespread, even though the Chinese Government is trying to play them down.

The Quicky speaks to a woman who recently escaped from Shanghai and an expert in China to find out what is really going on in one of Asia's biggest cities, and why the Communist Government is still pursuing a policy of Covid zero when everyone else has determined that it's just not realistic.

CREDITS 

Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to:

Kate - Recently returned from living in Shanghai 

Associate Professor Graeme Smith is a Research Fellow, in the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University, and co-host of The Little Red Podcast

      Producer: Claire Murphy

      Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

      Audio Producer: Jacob Round

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