Disease outbreaks are high-risk, high-impact events that test a nation's governing philosophy, a state's governance capacity and a society's resilience and identity. The severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) outbreak in 2003 changed China, and the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak will probably also trigger reforms.
The question is, what kind?
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