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Globalization After the Pandemic: Thoughts on the Coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic that broke out in 2019 has finally calmed down in China, after the bungling occasioned by the iron hand of lockdown. But beginning in March 2020, the disaster spread abroad, and at present there is no end in sight. Discussions of the changes the pandemic brings to the world, and how “plagues change history,” are a hot topic everywhere.
In this book, Prof. Qin Hui offers a stunning reflection on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on political institutions, which are well worth pondering for both China and the West. China, with its “low human rights advantage,” has achieved success in imposing coercive lockdowns that got the virus under control after the disastrous outbreak in Wuhan, but it will be a challenge to prevent the normalization of emergency measures from worsening human right conditions in normal times. The West, handicapped by its “high human rights (dis)advantage,” must learn how a democracy can efficiently enter a state of emergency and put an end to these measures at the proper time.
In this book, Prof. Qin Hui offers a stunning reflection on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on political institutions, which are well worth pondering for both China and the West. China, with its “low human rights advantage,” has achieved success in imposing coercive lockdowns that got the virus under control after the disastrous outbreak in Wuhan, but it will be a challenge to prevent the normalization of emergency measures from worsening human right conditions in normal times. The West, handicapped by its “high human rights (dis)advantage,” must learn how a democracy can efficiently enter a state of emergency and put an end to these measures at the proper time.
120 pages, Hardcover
Published March 8, 2022
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November 30, 2022
80%的内容在秦晖疫情全球化相关讲座里有涉及：
pandemic与制度/人口流动的历史（西欧领主农民vs沙俄农奴）；
delta/omicron之前的中西方防疫方式的“成功”或“不成功”的原因；
Authoritarian可以利用其“low” human rights advantage + high-tech support轻易实现封城/街/楼/门的isolation/quarantine（但这是中世纪防黑死病的方式）；
西方的right isn't necessarily good, rights = ability to do or not to do sth = freedom；
dictatorship与常态化军管紧密联系，与法治不相容
pandemic与制度/人口流动的历史（西欧领主农民vs沙俄农奴）；
delta/omicron之前的中西方防疫方式的“成功”或“不成功”的原因；
Authoritarian可以利用其“low” human rights advantage + high-tech support轻易实现封城/街/楼/门的isolation/quarantine（但这是中世纪防黑死病的方式）；
西方的right isn't necessarily good, rights = ability to do or not to do sth = freedom；
dictatorship与常态化军管紧密联系，与法治不相容
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