“Is this a prison or cage?” one user wrote on Weibo, a popular social media service. “Is this prevention or suppression?”Chinese officials have not provided detailed information about the restrictions, their scope or rationale. At least three cities have been affected, according to official notices, but the lockdown is likely more extensive. As anger over the lockdown has grown in recent days, with residents of other parts of China joining in criticizing the government, the authorities have moved quickly to limit dissent, censoring scores of online posts about Xinjiang. “Ordinary people are all very happy.”Mr. Liu said he did not know when the lockdown would be lifted.

Source: New York Times August 25, 2020 11:31 UTC