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Manya Koetse

@manyapan

Aug 26

The past 48 hours have been incredibly intense for those in Chongqing's Beibei District, where thousands of people joined the fight against the wildfires on Thursday.

To contain the forest fire, it was about "fighting the fire with fire" (以火灭火), a sometimes risky tactic that turned out to be decisive in stopping further spread of the fire at Mt Jinyun.

The battle against the fire was shown in a lot of photos and footage going viral on Weibo. State media then published edited online posters that almost looked like filmposters and sparked feelings of patriotism.

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Manya Koetse

@manyapan

Aug 4

China's military drills around Taiwan are a Chinese social media 'spectacle', besides raw footage there are also edited videos with cinematic music flying all around Weibo. Some by state media, also many by netizens.

Official video by state broadcaster CCTV

More with music

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Manya Koetse

@manyapan

Jun 11

Everyone is talking about an outburst of violence against female customers at a Tangshan BBQ restaurant that happened on Friday morning. This moment shows how one of the guys involved smashes this woman, seemingly only realizing moments later it is his own partner.

Another moment during this messy fight capturing the attention of netizens: this lady tries to help out as she sees another woman being kicked and beaten, but her partner holds her back and walks away.

In case you missed it, here's how the situation unfolded: whatsonweibo.com/what-happened-…

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Manya Koetse

@manyapan

Apr 11

Top trending on Weibo today: "Why Can't People Infected with Covid-19 Isolate at Home?" (新冠感染者为什么不能居家隔离). The hashtag, initiated by Chinese media, was meant to explain why mandatory centralized isolation really is the best. Of 3405 comments, only 9 were viewable.

It's not so much that many people oppose centralized quarantine, it's just that the situations at many Shanghai facilities are so bad: lack of supplies, lack of staff, lack of hygiene. These photos were posted on Weibo by a Shanghai resident quarantined in Pudong today.

Here are more photos taken at another facility today, the person posting said she had to fight for food, nobody was handling the trash, no person supervising, nobody to take care of Covid patients.

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Manya Koetse

@manyapan

Apr 9

The situation is Shanghai is difficult and messy, for those at quarantine sites, and for those at home. So many videos circulating online these days. This video was posted on Weibo to show the chaotic situation a quarantine location in Pudong.

At the same time, people required to go out to get tested complain that 2-metre social distancing rules are not being respected at all, and they fear getting covid while getting tested for covid under these conditions.

If people are still lucky enough to be able to order food, they find creative ways of having it delivered to them.

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Manya Koetse

@manyapan

Apr 4

Videos surfacing on Chinese social media today show chaotic scenes from the Nanhui covid19 quarantine location, where people were fighting over resources.

On social media, people who have family at the site express concerns that people are left to fight for supplies (water, food, blankets) without any proper supervision.