The Chinese President called for control over society in response to the Coronavirus..the result is 760 million people under lock down!

To stop the spread of the coronavirus much of China has effectively shut down. What’s not been fully appreciated is how extensive the closures are. By our calculations 760 million are living under some kind of residential lockdown. https://t.co/ZuO31QVi6g

— Paul Mozur 孟建国 (@paulmozur) February 15, 2020

Simply amazing.

This situation deserves study.  For better or worse, EVERY govt will be faced with the prospect of having to shutdown a mega city within their borders.

The Chinese experience can be instructive.

If you doubt my thinking then consider what most Western forces are gearing up for.  Fighting in a mega city.  If it isn't for civil defense purposes then we should be studying this clusterfuck from hell for warfighting.

Interesting doesn't begin to describe the situation in China.

It’s one of the largest social control experiments ever anywhere, even in China. To do it, Beijing is relying on local party officials, police, and busybodies known as grid workers. They’ve effectively closed down many cities to outsiders. This is a station at a closed city: Yiwu pic.twitter.com/9x27uDjxHI

— Paul Mozur 孟建国 (@paulmozur) February 15, 2020