nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210504-111604-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210504s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210504-111604-0 doi eng 342 23 He, Xin Author aut The State Advances, the People Retreat China’s Political and Legal Responses to COVID-19 He, Xin Verfassungsblog 2021-05-04 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier It is widely agreed that Wuhan, China is the origin of this pandemic. China has also been criticized for its initial mishandling of the outbreak, including local officials’ cover-up, the incompetence of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control (CDC), and the repression of whistle-blowers. In light of what had happened in other countries, however, China’s subsequent responses were nothing short of miraculous. From its lockdown in Wuhan, to the nationwide joint prevention and control system, from border sealing to mass testing and contact tracing, China’s measures were more intense than almost anywhere else in the world. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 China COVID 19 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-state-advances-the-people-retreat/ raw object