May 2022 - China Covid News

[shri]

Beijing kicks off fresh round of Covid tests as Shanghai postpones crucial exams

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/07/beij...ndroidappshare

[shri]

Apparently at MacBook factory in China..

https://twitter.com/RFA_Chinese/stat...92516402032641

9to5Mac: Hundreds of MacBook Pro workers break through COVID barriers, battle guards.


https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/06/hundr...ovid-barriers/

[SirNotAppearing]

At first I thought there was a sale on.

[hike]

Apparently at MacBook factory in China..

https://twitter.com/RFA_Chinese/stat...92516402032641

9to5Mac: Hundreds of MacBook Pro workers break through COVID barriers, battle guards.


https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/06/hundr...ovid-barriers/

It’s pretty selfish of these guys to make people keep using iPhone 13.

[shri]

Worth a watch.. Patrick Boyle has produced a fair bit of reporting on China's economy.

https://youtu.be/Skhx4Y5FHfk

[flameproof]

There is only one country that is not convinced...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...h-organization

[Plutark]

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzU...bj&wx_header=3

A bit of trivia. Back in the days people used to drink in lead cup, and they would get poisoned by it and fall into some sort of coma. Which is why the undertaker would bite the big toe to see if they were alive. Also the origin of the wake where people will stay up all night to see if they are still alive.

They also used to link a bell on top of the coffin with a string that went inside the coffin. If they pulled the bell then they were "saved by the bell". Also the origin of graveyard shift.

Spent too much time doing pub quizzes...

[D.YU]

A bit of trivia. Back in the days people used to drink in lead cup, and they would get poisoned by it and fall into some sort of coma. Which is why the undertaker would bite the big toe to see if they were alive. Also the origin of the wake where people will stay up all night to see if they are still alive.

They also used to link a bell on top of the coffin with a string that went inside the coffin. If they pulled the bell then they were "saved by the bell". Also the origin of graveyard shift.

Spent too much time doing pub quizzes...

Cool fun facts! I like it

[mengfei]

A bit of trivia. Back in the days people used to drink in lead cup, and they would get poisoned by it and fall into some sort of coma. Which is why the undertaker would bite the big toe to see if they were alive. Also the origin of the wake where people will stay up all night to see if they are still alive.

They also used to link a bell on top of the coffin with a string that went inside the coffin. If they pulled the bell then they were "saved by the bell". Also the origin of graveyard shift.

Spent too much time doing pub quizzes...

& your telling us that you've been forced into a mental ward!
some call it Creative Genius illness

[Plutark]

& your telling us that you've been forced into a mental ward!
some call it Creative Genius illness

Looking back it was a mix of mental ward, circus and jail