"Fingers Rotting from Eating Cup Noodles for a Week"... China's 'Xian Lockdown' Expos? Goes Viral

Freelance Reporter Jang Xue Posts 'Jangan Sipil' on Weibo

COVID-19 Testing in Xi'an, China. / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Na Ye-eun] In Xi'an, China, where the entire city has been locked down for over two weeks due to the spread of COVID-19, a freelance journalist named Jiang Xue (Jiang Xue) posted "Changan Eleven - My Ten Days of Lockdown Diary" on Weibo on the 4th, which is gaining attention.

Jiang Xue described the situation on the 22nd of last month, just before the Xi'an lockdown was announced, writing, "That night, people blocked in front of their homes, those hoarding goods at supermarkets, pregnant women, patients, graduate school examinees, construction workers, urban homeless people, and travelers passing through Xi'an all underestimated the disaster this lockdown would bring."

She criticized the government, saying, "Those who pressed the 'pause' button on this city, those in power, did they consider how their decision would affect the fate of the 13 million people living in this city?"

On the fifth day of the Xi'an lockdown, she reported, "Going out for shopping was prohibited every two days. There were no exceptions to the entry and exit ban." She added, "In a group chat of a residential complex with 400 members, a young person said, 'I've been eating only cup noodles for a week. My mouth is rotting.' Another person lamented, 'There are no essential goods or food left.'"

The last entry of Changan Eleven on the 3rd includes news of a girl who lost her father after he was finally transported to a hospital following complications from heart disease but could not receive timely surgery because he came from a COVID-19 risk area.

Additionally, Jiang Xue conveyed, "Pregnant women could not go to hospitals, patients urgently needing medication after kidney transplants could not find places to buy medicine, migrant workers from other regions could not eat at construction sites, and people who came to take graduate school entrance exams were starving on the streets," reporting the grim news circulating on social media.

Meanwhile, since the 23rd of last month, Xi'an has been unable to receive timely medical services and essential supplies due to the Chinese government's lockdown order. According to local Chinese media, Xi'an, where COVID-19 is spreading the fastest in China, has recorded a cumulative total of 1,663 confirmed cases from the start of the cluster infection on the 9th of last month until the 2nd of this month.

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