https://www.scmp.com/rss/505386/feed Yuk Wah Chan is an associate professor in the Department of Asian and International Studies at City University of Hong Kong. A trained anthropologist, she is interested in international migration, cross-border governance, food and identity research. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Living in close proximity with China, Hongkongers were among the first people to be exposed to the threat of the coronavirus epidemic two months ago. It was still considered a regional outbreak by the World Health Organisation then, which also stressed that it could be well contained. Hong Kong reported its first cases of coronavirus on January 22. The following day, China announced a lockdown on Wuhan, a city of over 10 million people. I was on a work trip in Europe in early February. Waiting... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3077558/mask-or-no-mask-cultural-assumptions-heart-coronavirus-crisis?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3077558/mask-or-no-mask-cultural-assumptions-heart-coronavirus-crisis?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Mar 2020 03:00:11 +0000