The QR code system is likely to stay in place after COVID-19 as a new socio-economic norm.
Local governments are ramping up subsidies on cars and housing while Beijing is not delivering a big-bang stimulus.
Beijing unveiled the most important reform guideline since 2013, highlighting the use of data and technology in order to improve governance.
China’s tech giants have been playing a vital role in the fight against the COVID-19 by tracking population flow.
The global public relations campaign is meant to build up empathy and support for China’s political system.
The Chinese political system has seen an unprecedented level of centralization thanks to the COVID-19 outbreak and this will be the new normal.