With an adult population accustomed to oriental medicine, as soon as the pandemic broke out in January 2020, resistance to vaccines began to grow. It was at that time that the Xi Jinping government decided a historical isolation with the support of technology. This widespread situation first and then in areas that included entire cities, lasted until January of this year. AND Just last March, China reopened to tourism foreigner who was previously held in quarantine for 21 days.
In this country, surprising for its technological level, a system of scan by QR code. Each commercial premises and means of transport had its own code and the person circulating, the date of the last test and all his/her personal data were recorded in the contact. If the person subsequently tested positive for Covid, activate an automatic alarm to detect who had been in contact to isolate them. Also during the Olympic Games which took place in China in 2022 there was a system of bubbles that allowed access only to authorized sites.
Not just its population. China was left very lonely and her economy began to collapse. When the World Cup was followed on the planet in Qatar last November, thousands of people watched from the screens having fun without a mask in the stadiums. And the protests began.
Just as its draconian policy of isolation has decided, so has Xi Jinping’s government decreed overnight the end of the pandemic. It’s been three years. And today you live it holiday spirit that the West had when in 2022 people sought revenge and filled the places of leisure.
It is very palpable in Shanghai in the crowds walking along its embankment and in vast Beijing with its parks of poplars, banana trees, conifers and hydrangeas. There is 150 million citizens mobilizing on weekends see relatives inside, after a long time.
But checks in a highly guarded society with cameras in every corner Continues. In the subway They check things out. The biggest reflection is that of the famous square Tiananmen or Gate of Heavenly Peace, located in the geographical center of Beijing is fully fenced ea Access requires permission. This square, an immense quadrilateral, was the symbol of the Chinese revolution and became the place for listening.
One part overlooks the Forbidden City and one of its facades to the Museum of the Revolution with a giant print of Mao. the square was center of the 1989 student protests which ended in thousands of deaths.
The bicycles that have been replaced by electric motorcycles are no longer on the streets of Beijing. China’s political capital has a sizeable fleet of electric vehicles that are distinguished by their green patents, unlike petrol-powered ones that carry blue. one notices it less pollution.
There are many young people who they manage to pass the exam of their life, entrance to the university. A decade ago, middle-class families picked who they thought would pass and the whole effort was to support them. The less well-off classes do not access them, the Government adopts a policy of aid and incentives to expand the university population.
Unlike Argentina with prices marked to clear and increase, here they print, which reflects almost zero inflation.
Rentals range from a room with a bathroom to a house, and access is easy, with almost no deposits or guarantees. THE half of the household income goes to rent in an economy with a per capita income of USD 12,000, similar to Argentina.
There are forty-year mortgages for home purchases, but in what still reveals a peasant spirit, most Chinese prefer to save and buy with cash, always with family support.
Source: Clarin
