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The power of narratives and the risk of surveillance creep in the response to Covid-19
Posted By Kelsey Munro on March 30, 2020 @ 15:15
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[1] democracy and dictatorship alike: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/coronavirus-could-tear-down-dictators-and-democracies-alike/
[2] no new local infections: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/world/asia/china-coronavirus-zero-infections.html
[3] goes on the offensive: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/chinese-diplomats-and-western-fringe-media-outlets-push-the-same-coronavirus-conspiracies/
[4] the disinformation battle: https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1183658.shtml
[5] Chinese virus: https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/newsfeed/2020/03/trump-defends-calling-coronavirus-chinese-virus-200323102618665.html
[6] seems to have done in China: https://www.ft.com/content/fa83463a-4737-11ea-aeb3-955839e06441
[7] early days of the outbreak: https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/02/15/coronavirus-xi-jinping-chinas-incompetence-endangered-the-world/
[8] dramatically reduced: https://coronaboard.kr/en/
[9] hailed as: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/world/asia/coronavirus-south-korea-flatten-curve.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
[10] location tracking system: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-surveillanc-idUSKBN2170SK
[11] reported: https://www.cdc.gov.tw/En/Bulletin/Detail/8VLxDfBLydxP3-VBAHJSpg?typeid=158
[12] told his people: https://www.pmo.gov.sg/Newsroom/PM-Lee-Hsien-Loong-on-the-Novel-Coronavirus-nCoV-Situation-in-Singapore-on-8-February-2020
[13] reported: https://www.againstcovid19.com/singapore/
[14] launching a public health app: https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Singapore-urges-citizens-to-sign-up-for-COVID-19-tracking-app
[15] reported: https://www.cnet.com/news/coronavirus-pandemic-changes-how-your-privacy-is-protected/
[16] earned praise: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/health/coronavirus-china-aylward.html
[17] initially suppressing health workers’ reports: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30382-2/fulltext
[18] dragged from their apartments: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/video-appears-show-people-china-forcibly-taken-quarantine-over-coronavirus-n1133096
[19] rebuking unmasked pedestrians: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-04/drones-take-to-china-s-skies-to-fight-coronavirus-outbreak
[20] came down hard: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-censored-covid-19-news-for-weeks-say-researchers-12496370
[21] reported: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/business/china-coronavirus-surveillance.html
[22] cover-up and rampant censorship : https://www.axios.com/timeline-the-early-days-of-chinas-coronavirus-outbreak-and-cover-up-ee65211a-afb6-4641-97b8-353718a5faab.html
[23] rumblings : https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/03/b09b868ec468-breaking-news-wuhan-doctor-blows-whistle-on-manipulation-of-virus-patient-numbers.html
[24] first visit : https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51813876
[25] considerable question marks: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/23/china-is-reporting-big-successes-coronavirus-fight-dont-trust-numbers/
[26] doesn’t include : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/23/life-after-lockdown-has-china-really-beaten-coronavirus
[27] second wave of infections: https://www.ft.com/content/859e9336-68db-11ea-a3c9-1fe6fedcca75?segmentID=22a4a564-acc0-bdcd-29ab-405d952fdcc3&campaign=march20
[28] driven: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/us/coronavirus-data-privacy.html?referringSource=articleShare