T H E C H I N E S E U N I V E R S I T Y O F H O N G KO N G P R E S S
N E W I N PA P E R
Globalization After the Pandemic
Thoughts on the Coronavirus QIN HUI
T. L. TSIM
Translated by David Ownby “A stunning reflection on the successes and failures of fighting the coronavirus in China and the rest of the world.” —From the introduction by David Ownby
F O R S A L E I N T H E U N I T E D S TAT E S , C A N A D A , M E X I C O , CENTRAL AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA, THE CARIBBEAN, AUSTRALIA, AND NEW ZEALAND
Qin Hui offers a bracing examination of the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on political institutions in both China and the West. China 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, in contrast, must learn how democracies can efficiently enter and exit a state of emergency. QIN HUI
is a retired professor of history, Tsinghua University,
and is now adjunct professor in the Department of Government and Public Administration, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. DAVID OWNBY
Between Two Shores “Deserves to reach a wide readership. . . . Convincing and moving on a subject of the greatest importance to today—the internal dynamics and confusions of the Chinese identity in a cosmopolitan world.” —John Minford, translator of The Story of the Stone
This is a story that begins in California and ends in China—a detective tale with a subtle love interest. After a Chinese American man dies in mysterious circumstances near Hangzhou, his wife, an Irish American, goes to China to find out what really happened. In the course of her investigation, she teams up with an academic from Hong Kong who lost his sister in the same “accident.” As the story unfolds, it becomes a profound exploration of cultural identity in crisis. “Brilliant . . . [at] capturing the cultural and political differences and making predictions regarding the future of Hong Kong and China.” —Joan Plaisted, former U.S. ambassador T. L. TSIM
is professor of history at the Université
de Montréal.
(the pen name of Tsim Tak Lung) is a a
broadcaster and political commentator. He wrote a weekly column for the South China Morning Post and the Hong Kong Economic Journal for many years.
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