On Tuesday, May 3, people peer through a barrier used to lock down a residential area in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters
On Tuesday, May 3, people peer through a barrier used to lock down a residential area in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters
Josephine Ma
Opinion

Opinion

As I see it by Josephine Ma

Covid-19 shows China must rethink its reliance on tight, centralised control to solve every problem

  • After the country contained the Wuhan outbreak by locking down the city and the rest of the province in 2020, it began to apply the formula to other areas
  • But there is a danger in the growing obsession with centralisation

Josephine Ma
Josephine Ma

Updated: 6:39pm, 3 May, 2022

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On Tuesday, May 3, people peer through a barrier used to lock down a residential area in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters
On Tuesday, May 3, people peer through a barrier used to lock down a residential area in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters
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