Shanghai in Lockdown, Residents Suffer Food Shortages and Soaring Prices
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2022 3:48 pm
Shanghai residents are running short on provisions in the lockdown. Residents told the Chinese Epoch Times that they are facing a food crisis. The citywide lockdown started on April 1, after a partial lockdown began in the east side of the city on March 28. Shanghai residents seek ways to expose the current situation inside Shanghai through online videos. One video shows the exorbitant prices of produce, such as oranges at $2.96 each, strawberries at $7.68 a pint; and an order of 4 lettuce, 4 cucumbers, 4 loofahs, 3 potatoes, and 14 duck eggs at a cost of $25.14, which the netizen split with his daughter. There is also a video exposing how the local neighborhood committee failed to distribute relief goods and left them sitting and rotting, meanwhile the residents were banned from doing online group buying. ...
Source: https://www.theepochtimes.com/shanghai- ... 10765.html
Source: https://www.theepochtimes.com/shanghai- ... 10765.html