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China beat the coronavirus with science and strong public health measures, not just with authoritarianism

  • Written by Elanah Uretsky, Associate Professor of International and Global Studies, Brandeis University
imageOne of the Wuhan train stations in fall 2020. The city reopened in April 2020 after a total shutdown.Liu Yan, CC BY-SA

I live in a democracy. But as Thanksgiving approaches, I find myself longing for the type of freedom I am seeing in China.

People in China are able to move around freely right now. Many Americans may believe that the Chinese are...

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