‘A return to primitive society,’ says one resident
Videos and photos on Weibo showed people exchanging cigarettes for sanitary pads and Nintendo Switch consoles for noodles, cabbage and small piles of vegetables.: “People are swapping stuff with others in the same building, because they no longer have enough food to eat."1,600 cases so far
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