Kenneth Pomeranz
Kenneth Pomeranz
The COVID-19 pandemic is nowhere near over. Some things, however, seem relatively clear. So far, the agendas of the world's most powerful actors seem unchanged-or, indeed, accelerated. Partly as a result, disease mortality and economic loss...
"Responding to an Epidemic Requires a Compassionate State": How Has the Indian State Been Doing in the Time of COVID-19? [0.03%]
“抗疫需要有同情心的国家”：印度在新冠疫情时期的表现如何？
John Harriss
John Harriss
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian government, led by Narendra Modi, imposed a stringent lockdown with only four hours notice. It paid no attention to the millions of migrants who work on a temporary basis in Indian cities. Mo...
Olympic Recoveries [0.03%]
奥运效应
Kate McDonald
Kate McDonald
In March 2020, Prime Minister Abe Shinzō, the Tokyo Olympic Organising Committee, and the International Olympic Committee postponed the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for one year. The delay is the most prominent consequence of the COVID-19 crisis in...
The Media Spectacle of a Techno-City: COVID-19 and the South Korean Experience of the State of Emergency [0.03%]
媒体奇观与 techno-city：新冠肺炎疫情下的韩国紧急状态体验
Jaeho Kang
Jaeho Kang
This essay provides a critical observation of the South Korean government's distinctive management of COVID-19 with particular reference to the state of emergency. It reveals that the success of South Korea's handling of the pandemic is lar...
Mary Augusta Brazelton
Mary Augusta Brazelton
Public health in China has become a global concern as a consequence of the outbreak and worldwide spread of COVID-19. This article examines the historical place of China in international and global health. Contrary to prevalent narratives i...
David Arnold
David Arnold
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has produced two different narratives in India. One, here described as "historical," looks back to the pandemics of the colonial past-bubonic plague from 1896, influenza in 1918-19-as a source of compariso...
Guarding Beijing's food security in the Qing Dynasty: state, market, and police [0.03%]
清代北京的粮食安全：国家、市场与官府的作用
L M Li,A Dray-Novey
L M Li
Frances Garrett
Frances Garrett
This paper addresses the development of scholastic medical traditions in Tibet through an extension of lists of physicians. I consider the debates that such lists and their accompanying narratives engender for Tibetan historians and reflect...