Though I would probably, too, if I was in China right now.
Nothing surprises me in China, anymore,
nothing. When news hit that an entire province was locked down, and the room got real serious and quiet, I really couldn't give a shit because it was bound to happen. I'm just a cloud drifting through.
I'm ready for anti-foreigner sentiment to amp up in the coming months, i.e. Boxer Rebellion 2: Electric Boogaloo.
I heard some parks in Beijing are open, so I decided to go to Zhongshan Park (a small but neat one dedicated to Sun Yat-sen, literally right next to the Forbidden City).
I get there, and two policemen (whole area is crawling with them, as usual) ask to see my passport, then ask me why I'm here. I say because I want to walk through a park. They respond, you can't walk somewhere else? Then they ask when was the last time I entered China, where's my visa and where do I work. I answer them all, no problem. Then they ask to see my entrance-exit card for my apartment complex. I give it to them. I have answered all their questions, proven I've been in China since before shit hit the fan publicly, and they still say, "We're going to need to take your passport to double-check some things." I ask, "How long's that gonna take?" And they say, "Hard to say."
The moment they asked me why I'm at a park is the moment I knew I was not getting in, but when he said 'hard to say' is when I chose to bow it. Grabbed my passport and everything else and just walked away.
Ended up going to the other park with a hill that has a great view over the Forbidden City, but anyways. That was my day today.
Yup. Can't wait for school to start and for everyone to be scared of me because the CCP has told everyone that China is safe and that foreign countries are all done for with coronavirus. RageSage is seeping through with every 6L night.