#Shanghai starts China's biggest #COVID19 lockdown in 2 years; residents call it "insane"
Although Chinese officials said lockdown would not be imposed on #Shanghai, two days later the authorities announced that the city will be locked down in two stages from Monday, March 28, 2022 onwards for nine days.
According to BBC, this is the biggest city-wide #lockdown since the Covid outbreak began more than two years ago.
Soon after the government's announcement was out, panic buying occured in various parts of Shanghai.
Videos on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform, showed people fighting in supermarket over produce. Some Chinese netizens commented that it was "unbelievable that they are looking at 21st-Century Shanghai" and that the policy was "insane".
Source: InMedia; BBC #Mar28
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Although Chinese officials said lockdown would not be imposed on #Shanghai, two days later the authorities announced that the city will be locked down in two stages from Monday, March 28, 2022 onwards for nine days.
According to BBC, this is the biggest city-wide #lockdown since the Covid outbreak began more than two years ago.
Soon after the government's announcement was out, panic buying occured in various parts of Shanghai.
Videos on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform, showed people fighting in supermarket over produce. Some Chinese netizens commented that it was "unbelievable that they are looking at 21st-Century Shanghai" and that the policy was "insane".
Source: InMedia; BBC #Mar28
https://bit.ly/380pPwx
#WuhanPneumonia #ChineseStyle #Lockdown #Pandemic #Regime
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#LegalPacts between #HongKong and #Russia expected to be brought to legislature in 2022
Source: Hong Kong Free Press #Mar28
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#LegalPacts between #HongKong and #Russia expected to be brought to legislature in 2022
Source: Hong Kong Free Press #Mar28
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#LegalPacts between #HongKong and #Russia expected to be brought to legislature in 2022
//Two bilateral agreements between Hong Kong and Russia that would allow the jurisdictions to cooperate in criminal investigations and transfer convicts are expected to be tabled to lawmakers this year, bringing them a step closer to enforcement.
Hong Kong security chief Chris Tang and Russian Minister of Justice Konstantin Chuychenko signed a mutual legal assistance agreement and a transfer of sentenced persons agreement via video conference last September. Neither has been enacted.
Ming Pao reported on Monday that the agreements would be brought to the Legislative Council this year.
The mutual legal assistance agreement would enable Hong Kong and Russia to work together in areas such as identifying people, collecting evidence and executing requests for searches.//
Read the full article:
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/03/28/legal-pacts-between-hong-kong-and-russia-expected-to-be-brought-to-legislature-this-year/
Source: Hong Kong Free Press #Mar28
#LegalPacts between #HongKong and #Russia expected to be brought to legislature in 2022
//Two bilateral agreements between Hong Kong and Russia that would allow the jurisdictions to cooperate in criminal investigations and transfer convicts are expected to be tabled to lawmakers this year, bringing them a step closer to enforcement.
Hong Kong security chief Chris Tang and Russian Minister of Justice Konstantin Chuychenko signed a mutual legal assistance agreement and a transfer of sentenced persons agreement via video conference last September. Neither has been enacted.
Ming Pao reported on Monday that the agreements would be brought to the Legislative Council this year.
The mutual legal assistance agreement would enable Hong Kong and Russia to work together in areas such as identifying people, collecting evidence and executing requests for searches.//
Read the full article:
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/03/28/legal-pacts-between-hong-kong-and-russia-expected-to-be-brought-to-legislature-this-year/
Source: Hong Kong Free Press #Mar28
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Legal pacts between Hong Kong and Russia expected to be brought to legislature this year
Two bilateral agreements between Hong Kong and Russia that would allow the jurisdictions to cooperate in criminal investigations and transfer convicts are expected to be tabled to lawmakers this ye…