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Hello and welcome to the history of China.

Shanghai Total Lockdown Update, day 15.

The Siege of Shanghai.

So, I've been, of course, posting my experiences mostly on Twitter over the last couple of weeks.

The different images, videos, and experiences that both I've seen and, of course,

what other people have seen and experienced.

There are people who are much more active on Chinese sites like Weibo and WeChat than I am.

And, of course, they get a much more involved perspective on this ongoing situation than I do.

Largely, from one of those threads, posted by somebody, sort of named Shu, who I won't otherwise name.

They've been posting stories day by day and I figured it would be whove me and you.

If I did my part to try to re-broadcast them and add my own perspective to what's going on in Shanghai as well.

Because I know that there's quite a lot going on and this kind of gets put on the back burner by a lot of people because there's a lot more flashy, exciting stuff going on in the world.

So, like I said, it's day 15 now of what was to be a four day locked down of the city that went unheated and has just gone city wide ever since then.

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