China’s newly named COVID-19 corona virus may at last be slowing. But virtually all of the more than 1100 deaths have occurred in China raising questions about Beijing’s handling of the epidemic. Cities like Wuhan are under lockdown while local officials in big cities like Wuhan are insisting residents returning from Chinese New Year isolate themselves at home. Mike Smith, Shanghai correspondent for the Australian Financial Review talked to me about the political, economic and personal impact the virus has had.

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