Young China Watchers

It’s April and what can we talk about but the Coronavirus? For this episode, host Sam Colombie invited three fellow Young China Watchers on the show to talk about their experiences living in China during this crisis: Dev Lewis, Yenching Scholar, currently in Shanghai; Julia Chen, Public Policy Researcher at a tech company in Beijing; and Thena Lee, Political Economy Consultant, also in Beijing. The focus of their discussion is China’s slow but certain recovery from the worst peaks of the infection curve and how China’s current situation might inform other countries about what’s to come. Julia and Sam kick off the episode by sharing their experiences under quarantine in Beijing and Hong Kong respectively. Dev, Thena and Julia then compare their experiences in Beijing and Shanghai. They discuss the hesitant return of social gatherings, the measures local authorities are taking to prevent a second wave of infections, and the prevalence of xenophobia in times of crisis.  They continue the episode talking