Yeah i came to say this. There's no toilet paper in most of China. Some fancier shops may have it but most don't. Even McDonald's in China doesn't have toilet paper most of the time.

On one hand, the government can absolutely afford to piss money away on stolen toilet rolls or whatever. On the other hand, this locking-down only happened because some people couldn't be trusted and did the stealing in the first place. If everyone had respect for public amenities this wouldn't have happened