The novel coronavirus outbreak has become a major test of just how much China has and hasn’t changed since the severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) crisis in 2003. Admittedly, Beijing has generally done a better job of handling the current outbreak. The extraordinary measures it has taken in response to the coronavirus and Covid-19, the disease it causes, have been in sharp contrast to its indecisive actions 17 years ago.China has changed a great deal since then, at least in terms of…
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