This book describes and analyzes the impact of COVID-19 on the relationship between the United States and China in its human, social and political dimensions. It does so through the experience of faculty and students at Duke University and Duke Kunshan University, a US-China joint venture university. The book reveals the intimate stories of Chinese people trapped in quarantine, situating these stories in a longer historical perspective of plagues and disease prevention in China. It describes the impact of the virus on the racialized perceptions of Chinese-Americans and Chinese students in America. Finally, it offers a preliminary assessment of the impact of the coronavirus on the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party, and on US-China relations. Featuring the work of artists, student journalists, historians, anthropologists and political scientists, this book presents a breadth of insights into the impact of COVID-19.
Author(s): James Miller
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 86
Introduction
Contents
Editor and Contributors
Memoir and Reflection
Arresting COVID-19: Perspectives from a Sino-US Joint Venture University
Overview
The Onset of COVID-19: Quick Response and Quick Action
Key Lessons Learned
Memory, Storytelling and GIS Digital Archive: Introducing the COVID-19 Memory Archival Project
Overview of Approach
Student Story Map Collection
Conclusion
References
Separate Realities: Being Wuhanese and American Throughout COVID-19
Hypervisible, Yet Invisible
COVID Is Here
Breaking the News, Over and Over
Bigger Than COVID-19
Observations on Wuhan Residents’ Diaries
Works Cited
On the Epistemic Condition of Pandemic in a Globalized Present
Context and Analysis
Historical Echoes
Black and White Swans: Pandemics, Prognostications, and Preparedness
Sources
The Information Politics of COVID-19 in China
Failures of Upward Reporting
Failures of Downward Reporting
Conclusion
References
The Political and Economic Consequences of COVID-19 for China
Introduction
Why Did COVID-19 Not Threaten the Chinese Ruling Regime?
Political and Economic Problems in China Likely to Be Exacerbated by COVID-19
Conclusion
Bibliography
