nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200414-091319-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200414s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200414-091319-0 doi eng 342 23 Yeung, Geoffrey Author aut Fear of Unaccountability vs Fear of a Pandemic: COVID-19 in Hong Kong Yeung, Geoffrey Verfassungsblog 2020-04-14 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier When news began to circulate about a novel virus in December 2019, Hong Kong was in the midst of protests that had been going on for months. There were (and continue to be) widespread demands for accountability and democracy, accompanied by a significant degree of public distrust and dissatisfaction towards the Government. Pertinently, the Government had just invoked hugely controversial emergency powers to quell the protests. Hong Kong was also one of the hardest-hit regions during the SARS epidemic 17 years ago, and there was a collective determination not to repeat the tragedy. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Coronavirus COVID 19 emergency powers Hong Kong Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/fear-of-unaccountability-vs-fear-of-a-pandemic-covid-19-in-hong-kong/ raw object