This must be a first in communist China. Adam Minter reports in Bloomberg:
Beijing’s stout city leadership rolled out China’s first Covid-19 vaccine mandate last week. The policy made boosters mandatory for some professions, while entry to busy public venues like movie theaters and gyms was restricted to the vaccinated. The public reacted quickly, with many residents turning to social media to declare the mandate an illegal usurpation of their rights. Beijing’s response was just as quick: Less than 48 hours after announcing the policy, the city government rescinded it.
We are accustomed to seeing China’s citizenry meekly accepting draconian measures, even reading of apartment doors welded shut and inhabitants starving to death due to COVID quarantines. But now, is something different…
