Reading through the 2021 note, it's quite a change of tone. > Whereas Beijing is hit hard by every domestic outbreak, Shanghai hasn’t had many cases while bein

Reading through the 2021 note, it's quite a change of tone. > Whereas Beijing is hit hard by every domestic outbreak, Shanghai hasn’t had many cases while being the least restrictive city in the country. It’s hard for us fresh arrivals not to smirk at our friends in the north each time we read about new restrictions in Beijing. I can't help but feel a sense of betrayal in his words. He's very clear in these notes that he feels China is creatively stunted, top-heavy, repressive, yet is still capable of great things. The end of zero-covid was an abrupt end to such a prokect.