

Opinion
SCMP Columnist
China Briefing by Wang Xiangwei
China’s Covid-19 health code system is ripe for abuse and must not outlast the pandemic
- Health QR codes are one of the most powerful tools in China’s antivirus arsenal, but a recent scandal in Henan province shows how open they are to misuse
- Authorities should waste no time putting more safeguards in place – and offer their unequivocal assurances that the system will not become a permanent feature
Wang Xiangwei
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Updated: 9:00am, 18 Jun, 2022
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