Beijing. authorities here announcing mass testing. triggering panic buying at stores with most items whiled from shelves, and long lines of people anxious to stock up. wary of the shortage in shanghai. that was captured in viral recordings that went viral on social media this week. there ain t no water, no food, says one man. censors quickly removed it. the government here insisting lockdown measures will only will be lifted when covid is eliminated. until then, authorities are building fences and tightening control. nbc s january miss macke fraher there. and writing why no one dare tell china s xi the lockdown isn t working. and wuhan early in 2020 and
They should. activities are normal. and that includes ongoing emergency preparedness. and they just wanted to take the opportunity to remind people that they should be making their own plans as well. meanwhile, there is the sense that this is only going to grow more tense. with this expectation that north korea could launch another ballistic missile in the coming days. south korea s leader has been meeting with russian president vladimir putin. both a agreed that dialogue is the way to go. putin saying that sanctions or increased sanctions would be ineffective at this point because the regime is so set on having nuclear weapons they would, quote, rather eat glass than give up their nuclear wells program. yeah, you can clearly see this issue has divided countries like russia and south korea and china and the united states. tough talk coming out of washington. we ll see how it plays out, january miss macke fraher live