The Coronavirus

This book describes and analyzes the impact of COVID-19 on the relationship between the United States and China in its human, social and political dimensions. It does so through the experience of faculty and students at Duke University and Duke Kunshan University, a US-China joint venture university. The book reveals the intimate stories of Chinese people trapped in quarantine, situating these stories in a longer historical perspective of plagues and disease prevention in China. It describes the impact of the virus on the racialized perceptions of Chinese-Americans and Chinese students in America. Finally, it offers a preliminary assessment of the impact of the coronavirus on the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party, and on US-China relations. Featuring the work of artists, student journalists, historians, anthropologists and political scientists, this book presents a breadth of insights into the impact of COVID-19.

Draws on the experience of faculty at Duke University and Duke Kunshan University, which had the earliest experience of assessing the impact of COVID-19 Points to new research directions for COVID-19 studies in the humanities and social sciences Draws on the unique experiences of Chinese and Chinese/US faculty in a transnational context Provides analysis of Chinese sources regarding the public perception of COVID-19 in English

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James Miller is associate dean for interdisciplinary strategy, co-director of the Humanities Research Center, and professor of humanities at Duke Kunshan University. He is the author or editor of six books including, most recently, China's Green Religion: Daoism and the Quest for a Sustainable Future (Columbia University Press, 2017).

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Arresting COVID-19: Perspectives from a Sino-US Joint Venture University.- Chapter 2: The Information Politics of COVID-19.- Chapter 3: The Political and Economic Consequences of COVID-19 for China.- Chapter 4: Observations on Wuhan Residents' Diaries.- Chapter 5: Memories, Storytelling, and Experiences Lived.- Chapter 6: Separate Realities: Being Wuhanese and American throughout COVID-19.- Chapter 7: Historical Echoes in the Coronavirus Outbreak.- Chapter 8: Black and White Swans: Pandemics, Prognostications, and Preparedness.- Chapter 9: On the Epistemic Condition of Pandemic in a Globalized Present