The news of the networks in China is largely dominated by the pandemic and the confinements which are shaking up the daily life of the Chinese and the economic life. On the Internet, videos where journalists…

Covid-19 in China: TV filters complaints, Airbnb throws in the towel

People ride bicycles and a motorbike in Shanghai in front of a barricaded restaurant on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, after a case of COVID-19 was reported among people who visited the place.

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The news of the networks in China is largely dominated by the pandemic and the confinements which are shaking up the daily life of the Chinese and the economic life.

On the Internet, videos where journalists try to cut the microphone to citizens are circulating.

The digital rental giant Airbnb has decided to suspend its housing offer.

from our correspondent in Beijing,

Smock and protective glasses, gloves, charlotte on the head, the Chinese media journalists mustered up their courage to meet the passengers of the first metros to resume service last Sunday in the Chinese economic capital.

On the 1st day of Shanghai resuming some subways, state media reporters interviewed a grandma.

When she was saying “since I was born, I have never suffered anything like this, being locked home and couldn't leave.

It's a big joke,” the reporters pointed mic/cam to somewhere else.

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It's live, the journalist hands his microphone to an elderly person.

The latter explains that she is very happy to take transport again, before adding that since her birth, she has never suffered such a thing, she has never, she says, "

been locked up in the so at home at home

”… It is then that the journalist removes his microphone and the cameraman changes angle.

Several similar videos have gone viral.

In the Shanghai metro, it's always the same (involuntary) repetition comedy, with microphones that tilt back to avoid reporting comments that don't fit with the official narrative.

Especially when another passenger describes the nearly two months of confinement she has just experienced: “

Life is so hard here!
I haven't received any supplies for 50 days

Since the start of the crisis, beware of those who dare to criticize, directly or indirectly, the Chinese zero Covid health strategy.

The Weibo account of the co-founder of the famous travel agency Trip.com has been suspended for "breaking the law" after the latter dared to express doubts on this subject.

Airbnb struggling

The online housing rental platform throws in the towel.

Even before the pandemic, it wasn't doing well for Airbnb in China.

Nearly 25 million people have rented through the platform since its launch in 2016, but this represents barely 1% of the group's revenue.

The repeated confinements of Chinese megalopolises and especially the health restrictions on travel to enter the territory, but also between provinces within the country, have finished showering the group's ambitions.

Airbnb is therefore suspending its housing offer for the Chinese market from July 30.

Lithium auction record

The 54.3% stake in the capital of Yajiang Snowway Mining Development attracted 980,000 people to the legal auction platform JD.Com, reports Bloomberg.

Lithium is used in the composition of car batteries in particular.

Soft, silvery metal is in high demand right now.

The auction proposal received no less than 3,448 offers for a final price of more than 2 billion yuan, approximately 280 million euros.

Covid-19 in China: TV filters complaints, Airbnb throws in the towel

Covid-19 in China: TV filters complaints, Airbnb throws in the towel

Airbnb struggling

Lithium auction record

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