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A few supermarkets and groceries were opened. People lined up to wait to enter the shops. The lineup outside a big supermarket was so long that I gave up waiting there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I went to a small shop outside which only several people were waiting. It took a while for me to enter the shop. I was required to scan a so-called \u2018location code\u2019 stuck on the glass wall before getting in. I scanned it via my smartphone, a green \u2018health code\u2019, and a line of text declaring that my latest qPCR result was negative, appeared on my smartphone screen. I knew at the same time my track was also uploaded and recorded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I bought some bread, soft drink, snacks and yogurt, and walked back home. I passed the long lineup. A girl in the line said ‘I\u2019d love to buy some vegetables and meats here and go to the grocery there to get some snacks.’ She looked happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was hot today. Summer was coming. Lockdown in Shanghai started in Spring. No one knew at what time it would end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the community gate, before I went in I was asked again to show my pass. The gatekeeper marked another check on it. This second mark check indicated that the freedom this time was gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Actually I had a bad feeling about this gate pass. I thought it was a joke, a bitter joke of a bit of humiliation. 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