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Subject
The government's response to the novel coronavirus in Wuhan.
Significance
A novel coronavirus that emerged in the city of Wuhan last month has now spread nationwide. The authorities have responded with heavy travel restrictions and other emergency measures that are affecting tens of millions of people during the Spring Festival public holiday travel season. The outbreak has parallels with the outbreak of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) in China in 2002-03.
Impacts
Centralisation and information control are here to stay; the crisis will not shake the Party’s faith in their necessity.
Some restrictive emergency measures may outlast the crisis.
Novel diseases are likely to continue emerging from China every few years.
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