The challenges of coordination and mobilisation of capacity are more easily overcome than the challenges of lost trust, low public cooperation, and peripheral consequences like panic-buying. Hong Kong’s aborted mass testing episode has raised more…
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The principal dilemma facing China’s government concerns politics rather than public health: lose ideological face or suffer the adverse (economic) consequences of (self-imposed) isolation. At present, China seems to view the former as a bigger…
New ways of thinking about water governance may not be readily apparent, but society must establish the conditions that allow those ways of thinking to emerge. As long as we believe that there is always…
The COVID-19 crisis is no occasion to abandon progress on the types of participatory and collaborative capacities fundamental to strengthening state-society relations. https://thediplomat.com/2021/09/vietnam-lost-public-buy-in-its-covid-19-struggles-followed/ “Vietnam Lost Public Buy-in. Its COVID-19 Struggles Followed.” The Diplomat, 1 Sept…
The Covid-19 crisis is drawing attention to respiratory health, and in cities with severe air pollution, people may be more vulnerable to the virus. While the world is focused on crisis mitigation, it is important not to…
EVFTA provides a platform for Vietnam to continue helping domestic firms penetrate the EU market. The Agreement aligns Vietnamese firms with European standards on sourcing and production, potentially lifting product quality and reliability as Vietnam…
GDP is an imperfect metric, but it continues to be used as a benchmark for national performance and policymaking in an era of social, economic, and environmental disruption. Ultimately, the difficult work of understanding and…
China can apply its resources, technologies and innovation capability to solve its pollution problems. But real progress can be achieved only when the rule of law is upheld and society genuinely expects and demands improvements….
Urbanization cannot be stopped, but this does not excuse governments for failing to address air pollution. With considerable resources and capacity for nationwide policy coordination, China should be leading the way in developing a sustainable…
The 21st century will see increased disruptions to once-stable work life, due to technological progress and the continuing liberalisation of global capital and production. Early indications about how countries will respond – haphazardly and with…
