Shanghaied: strict lockdown has tittle-tattling neighbours on tenterhooks

Covid-shaming pits neighbour against neighbour in locked-down Shanghai

18 April 2022 - 21:54 By David Stanway, Josh Horwitz, Andrew Galbraith, Engen Tham and the Shanghai newsroom

The tensions of lockdown have exposed divisions among Shanghai residents, pitting young against old, locals against outsiders and, above all, Covid-negative against Covid-positive people...

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