I saw my friend Max at a party over the weekend. He’d been living in Shanghai for the past 7-8 years, working as a basketball coach. Ended up taking the job after being binned by his missus. Was generally a fan of living there, so much so that he renewed his contract. However, his COVID stories are harrowing. Says the reporting, or lack there of, that we are getting here is shocking. His opinion is that the Chinese gov would rather people starve to death, then die of COVID, just to keep the numbers down. Said this current/most recent lockdown was one of the worst experiences of his life. He and a handful of other expats managed to get shuttled out in the middle of the night, some time last week. Left his apartment, and most all of his stuff. Doesn’t seem like he will be going back for it either.
