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where I can fly into when I am done with my quarantine in HKG.
I want Shanghai, but that may be out, so Changhhou, Hefei, Wuxi, or Nanjing would be the best options.
Luckily, my wife's part of Jiangsu has only a three day quarantine and cases are extremely low in the place where she lives and where we will move to live and work.
BUT. . .I have backup plans in case China does what it likes to do and seal the borders. Thailand and Korea came through and they don't have quarantines any more. . .just a PCR test in the airport and we're gone.
My doctor here in Tucson thinks this policy China has is "nuts" because "with vaccinations, COVID is manageable."
I told my wife Xi would use this as an excuse to control and monitor people more, returning to the days of Mao.
From the article (emphasis mine):
“It’s not that you can do whatever you want – unless you’re in America. This is China,” another police officer says sternly, waving a bottle of disinfectant in his hand. “Stop asking me why. There is no why. We have to obey our country’s regulations and epidemic control policies.”
First bold face: This is the standard answer to anyone who gives even the most minor pushback and criticism of anything in China. "You know, the one child policy is extremely sexist." "This is China. It's our way." "Calling black people on the street "hei gui（黑鬼）" (which is the Chinese for the n-bomb) is really racist." "It's our way. This is China. Everyone does it." It's their cover for anything they know is wrong, but will follow because the leader or the culture instruct them to do so. “为什么？” “这是中国。”
Second boldface:没有为什么. This is the the common response when you ask a why question before they say 这是中国. It is a literal translation to the Chinese 没有为什么, which means "no why." 你为什么相信这个?" "没有为什么。这是中国。老外需要接受我们的文化或你马上回去你的国家."
Why do you believe this?
No why. This is China. Foreigners need to accept this or you need to immediately go back where you came from."
As I tell my wife, it's wrong thinking to say "this is our way" here in the States and it's wrong there in China too.
-----Lesson over-----
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