China's rCydraconianrCO new food laws rCyepitomiserCO BeijingrCOs mentality

Diners will apparently be fined for not cleaning their plates, and videos/tv shows that show things like eating contests shall be banned.

"He also spoke of the prolonged blackouts being experienced by China at the moment, while some cities are recording minus 40-degree temperatures and 'canrCOt turn the heating on'."

https://youtu.be/OdU4OqRDwl4

Meanwhile, the "citizen" journalist who broke the story about COVID in Wuhan has been sentenced to 4 years in prison for doing so.

"Ms. Zhang, a former lawyer, had traveled to Wuhan from her home in Shanghai in February, at the height of ChinarCOs outbreak, to see the toll from the virus in the city where it first emerged. For several months she shared videos that showed crowded hospitals and residents worrying about their incomes."

"rCLThe governmentrCOs way of managing this city has just been intimidation and threats,rCY she said in one of her videos. rCLThis is truly the tragedy of this country.rCY"

"The official charge on which she was convicted was rCLpicking quarrels and provoking trouble,rCY a vague charge commonly used against critics of the government. "

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/28/world/asia/china-Zhang-Zhan-covid-convicted. html

Be careful, Canadian readers... if your PM gets any ideas from his Chinese friends, you may too soon be jailed for something as vague as "Picking quarrels."

I guess once Biden buddies-up with them, we too will have that to worry about.

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