Does China's COVID-19 Management Legitimize Its Non-Democracy?

The OSUN Democracy Institute at Central European University is hosting a panel discussion on China's management of the COVID-19 crisis.

As discontent grows in many European states over governmental incompetence at Covid-19 pandemic management, the question arises whether it is a system failure in the face of crisis. China has managed to keep Covid-19 at a minimal level, life has returned to normal and the economy on the whole has recovered. Europe, however, is struggling with questions of freedom (freedom of movement, freedom of assembly) and also those of data protection – aspects that have largely been neglected in China. Does this comparison offer legitimacy to the autocratic Chinese system? This debate will try to elucidate the question from different perspectives.

PANELISTS

Joanna Klabisch is Program Manager of the China Program at Asienhaus Stiftung. 

Shi Ming is an award-winning freelance journalist, born and raised in Beijing. 

Richard Turcsanyi is Senior Researcher at Palacky University, Olomouc, Assistant Professor at Mendel University in Brno, and Program Director at the Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS). 

DISCUSSANTS

Katalin Cseh is Member of the European Parliament and Vice President of Renew Europe. 

Sandor Kusai is Honorary Associate Professor at Pazmany Peter Catholic University. 

MODERATOR

Agota Revesz is an academic staff member at the Center for Cultural Studies on Science and Technology in China and Technische Universität Berlin.

The discussion will be streamed live on the Institute’s Facebook page. If you are interested in following it, then please join the Facebook event.

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For more information, call 845-758-6822.

Time: 8:00 am – 9:00 am EDT/GMT-4

Location: Online Event

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