China critics get creative after Beijing scrubs viral video of angry Shanghai residents from social media


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Angry Chinese internet users have defied Beijing’s censors by trying to “keep alive” a viral video that documented Shanghai residents’ experiences of deprivation and heavy-handed tactics under the city’s strict lockdown. Key points: - Beijing’s censors attempted to scrub any mention of the video from Chinese social media - Some netizens experimented with ways to get around the censorship - Shanghai reported 12 deaths and 20,634 new coronavirus cases on Friday Shanghai’s full-city lockdown began at the start of April, though many people have been confined to their homes for much longer, and the stress has been taking its toll...