"The residents' committee sold back 200,000 boxes of donated goods", "The Songjiang Mart was looted by people", "The delivery man manipulated PCR test results to make money." These are rumors.

Some of them spread along with the video, causing a lot of controversy on Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter.



The Shanghai Internet Information Office, in cooperation with the Ministry of Public Security, the Chinese police department, said these rumors were false, suspended six Weixin group chat rooms, the Chinese version of KakaoTalk where rumors were spread, and punished Weixin users who posted related articles or videos. said.

Xinhua News Agency, which reported the news, said that the Shanghai Police in China had already administratively punished 13 people for spreading rumors.




Earlier, the Shanghai Internet Information Office issued a notice and warned, "From the 10th, we will strengthen surveillance of acts that cause social confusion by creating and distributing rumors on the Internet."

"Prevention is the second priority, and the crackdown on rumors is the number one"

There were many comments on the article about 'Severe Punishment for Rumors', saying, "Those who cause social unrest should be severely punished", but Weibo users who appear to be Shanghai residents poured out criticism.

Most likely, "Why don't you deal with the livelihoods of so many people while investigating and dealing with rumors so quickly?"

"People are starving to death, are you only refusing rumors?"



The Shanghai Municipal Government partially eased the city lockdown that had been in place since the 28th of last month on the afternoon of the 10th.

However, more than half of the regions are still simply quarantined or self-isolating.

Citizens of the lockdown areas are still posting articles on the internet saying it is difficult to get groceries.



One Weibo user said, "At first, the authorities said that there will be no lockdown in Shanghai. When the lockdown begins, it will be divided in half for four days. After the lockdown begins, supplies are being supplied normally. This is not a rumor." A user said, "There is no shortage of supply in Shanghai. We eat the 'hope' pie every day, and open the window to drink the 'northwest wind'," sarcastically at the authorities.

Directly, there are also articles that say, "The second priority is quarantine, the number one is crackdown on rumors" and "There are no rumors or truths in Shanghai, only facts officially recognized by the authorities."

"Ignoring residents' appeals and boasting only the quarantine performance"

As in the case of previous blockades of other cities, Chinese state media such as CCTV are reporting that "materials are being supplied normally" and "medical staff and volunteers from all over the country went out for quarantine" from the early days of the lockdown in Shanghai.

There are no complaints or complaints from residents who do not have access to food and medical assistance.

Residents' dissatisfaction with this has grown, and is being expressed directly as the lockdown is prolonged.




According to Hong Kong media SCMP, Dongfang Satellite TV, a leading broadcasting company in Shanghai, planned to air a pre-recorded program on the evening of the 13th to promote the hard work of medical staff and public officials who contributed to the prevention of COVID-19.

Famous Chinese entertainers Wang Yibo and Hong Kong stars Liu Dehua (Dukhwa Liu) and Li Ming (Ryeomyeong) participated in this event.

However, when the program was announced, Shanghai citizens strongly protested, saying they were ignoring the sacrifices caused by the lockdown.

Dongfang Satellite TV postponed the broadcast as criticism grew, such as "to encourage those who have lost their income and have been starving for several weeks, most of them invited those who received money that they would need to work for 200 to 1,000 years as their salaries."

"Shanghai Cooking Competition 1st place is leftover Mantou"

In the midst of this, a photo of Mantou, a Chinese bread that looks like it was left after eating a bite, is becoming a hot topic on the Chinese Internet.

According to content posted on Weibo and Tengxinwang of China, the 'Shanghai Government Enterprise Cooking Competition' was recently held in Shanghai.

It is a contest where government and corporate employees showcase the food they have made. Posting photos of food was a method of ranking through internet voting.

The purpose is to show off your food-making skills, but it seems to be intended to show that there is no problem with food or food.



Since the online voting started, photos of colorful or varied food made with various ingredients have been uploaded to suit the purpose of the organizers. However, the one that received the most votes was a single Mantou photo.

140,000 people, or 94% of the total voters, voted for the photo of Mantou, which appears to have been partially eaten, on a small plate.

Eventually, the contest was reported to have been discontinued.

On Weibo, critics said, "The authorities tried to show the beautiful side of the Shanghai citizens living in sealed houses, but it only backfired." .



It is not known exactly where the event was hosted, but this is not the only 'show' by the authorities.

A Shanghai resident said in a phone call with SBS, "After the lockdown, I received vegetables from the government. The tomatoes exploded, the vegetables withered, and they were not in good condition. The reason was that it had to be sent as a mark,” he said.

This resident also said, "There are videos of people turning on the lights at the same time at night in the blockade complex saying, 'Let's cheer up each other' and 'thank you to the volunteers.' Residents are notified in advance, saying that the lights will be on.




The number of new COVID-19 cases in Shanghai is rising again.

The number of infected people, which dropped slightly on the 11th, increased again, and yesterday recorded about 27,700.

The lockdown has been eased in some areas, but if even one person is infected, the area will go back into full lockdown.

Residents' dissatisfaction seems to have reached a climax as the media closed their ears to the difficulties of the residents amid the prolonged lockdown in Shanghai, and the authorities were more eager to control and show them.

Some netizens are re-uploading photos of the doctor Li Wenliang, who first reported the outbreak of Corona 19 in Wuhan two years ago and was punished for spreading rumors and died of Corona 19.