Sino File by Cary Huang

Forget Sars, the new coronavirus threatens a meltdown in China’s economy

Sars’ fatality rate may be higher than Covid-19’s, but economically speaking the new coronavirus is far more deadly

This time around, a worst-case scenario of financial collapse, foreign exodus and large-scale bankruptcy cannot be ruled out

Cary Huang

Published: 11:00am, 16 Feb, 2020

Updated: 12:42pm, 16 Feb, 2020

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Cary Huang is a veteran China affairs columnist, having written on this topic since the early 1990s. He joined the Post in 2004, and was based in Beijing between 2005 and 2013, first as a correspondent and then as bureau chief. He was previously China editor at The Standard from 1992 until 2004.

Forget Sars, the new coronavirus threatens a meltdown in China’s economy

Sars’ fatality rate may be higher than Covid-19’s, but economically speaking the new coronavirus is far more deadly This time around, a worst-case scenario of financial collapse, foreign exodus and large-scale bankruptcy cannot be ruled out

Sars’ fatality rate may be higher than Covid-19’s, but economically speaking the new coronavirus is far more deadly

This time around, a worst-case scenario of financial collapse, foreign exodus and large-scale bankruptcy cannot be ruled out