Autonomy in action

Key points about the traffic control issued today for the rehearsals of National Day celebrations:

1. All the stores on the streets of Dawang Lu and Jianguomen Lu must close at 1:00pm on September 18.
2. All the windows of the office and residential buildings on Dawang Lu and Jianguomen Dajie must be closed, and the viewing of those streets through windows or gathering near those roads will be prohibited.
3. All residents, staff and visitors living around Dawang Lu, Jianguomen Dajie and Guanghua Lu have to leave before 1:00pm on September 18 and will be able to return after 7:30pm.
The restrictions may only affect buildings directly overlooking the relevant streets. It’s unclear whether buildings must be vacated at 1:00pm, or whether people simply won’t be able to leave their buildings between 1:00pm and 7:30pm. Area shops will certainly be closed.

As I live and work in the affected area, I am unclear where I am supposed to go, and how I might be expected to get there. Only in China!