Viral Alarm
The following excerpt is taken from Professor Xu Zhangrun’s analysis of China’s coronavirus predicament titled:
‘China, a Lone Ship of State on the Vast Ocean of Global Civilisation —
the coronavirus pandemic and the political and civilisational prospects for the world system’
世界文明大洋上的中國孤舟——
全球體系背景下新冠疫情的政治觀與文明論
The full version of Xu Zhangrun’s essay appeared on Mainland China, in Hong Kong and here, in China Heritage, on the morning of Thursday 21 May 2020, the day before the long-delayed third session of the Thirteenth National People’s Congress (NPC) and the third session of the Thirteenth National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) were to be convened in Beijing.…
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