Thinking About Shanghai during The Pandemic Time

Cheng He

I'm in Shanghai. Today is the 22nd day of lockdown.

If you choose to see the quiet years, you can assume that I took advantage of the epidemic at the moment of an annual leave, do not work, sleep can sleep to wake up naturally, enjoy the government free vegetables, rice, noodles, oil, spend half of my life to finally live a dream of happiness.

If you choose to see the other side of the coin, let's sit down and talk about some of my thoughts. The lesson I have learned from all the history I have experienced and read is that there is no end to suffering.

It ended in Shanghai, and it won't end in any other city. It will not end in China if it ends in other cities; The suffering ended today, and it will not end in the future.

Beyond that, I offer some optional reflections in my capacity as an ordinary reader:

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