The daily food rations are distributed by people in protective suits.
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Our correspondent has long thought that China is the future. Since he’s been locked up there in the Corona lockdown, a lot of things have seemed like the communism of yore.
DPsychologists say that first love has a special meaning: it should take away our illusions. In the case of China, I can confirm that. I have known the country for seventeen years. For a long time I believed the future was here. But that has just turned out to be a dystopia.
In Shanghai we are experiencing the Corona apocalypse. 26 million residents have been in the toughest lockdown known to mankind for weeks. Our beautiful city is so empty it’s heartbreaking. Robot dogs patrol the streets.
The fact that there is an apocalyptic mood in our metropolis, which was just pulsating, is making headlines around the world these days. Drones are now flying in front of houses and threatening people on their balconies when they sing in protest against the government. Police officers in white full-body protection press their loudspeakers directly in the faces of seniors: “Go home!” It booms at 130 decibels in an endless loop from the tape. On the Internet, someone has added a techno beat to the scene. It’s the soundtrack of madness.