COVID-19 in Asia : law and policy contexts / edited by Victor V. Ramraj.

Includes index.

Introduction and background -- A short history and thematic overview / Victor V. Ramraj & Matthew Little -- China : community policing, high-tech surveillance, and authoritarian durability / Feng Xu & Qian Liu -- Taiwan : democracy, technology and civil society / Wen-Chen Chang & Chun-Yuan Lin -- Vietnam : marshalling state and non-state actors / Cuong Nguyen & Thanh Phan -- Spread of information versus spread of virus : China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong / Guoguang Wu -- Borders and entry controls in Asia / Jaclyn L. Neo & Darius Lee -- Central banks and their limits in a pandemic / Christian Hofmann -- Governing through / Contagion Lynette J. Chua & Jack Jin Gary Lee -- Pandemics and emergency powers in Asia / Victor V. Ramraj & Arun K. Thiruvengadam -- Japan : keeping the death toll to the minimum / Tomoya Ono & Shigenori Matsui -- Thailand : emergency responses or more social turbulence? / Rawin Leelapatana & Chompunoot Tangthavorn -- India : federalism, majoritarian nationalism, the vulnerable and marginalized / Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay & Namitha George -- International health regulation and compliance / Susan Carolyn Breau & Preethi Lolaksha Nagaveni -- Can technology and privacy co-exist in a pandemic? / Ze Shi Li, Visakha Phusamruat, Tony Clear, & Daniela Damian -- Singapore : technocracy and transition / Maartje De Visser & Paulin Straughan -- South Korea : democracy, innovation, and surveillance / Sunghee Chung & Sujin Lee -- Hong Kong : the healthcare professions and the outbreak / Calvin W.L. Ho & Daisy Cheung -- Religion amid the pandemic : a Buddhist case study / Benjamin Schonthal & Tilak Jayatilake -- Bhutan : the role of the constitutional monarch in a public health crisis / Sonam Tshering & Nima Dorji -- Cambodia : public health, economic, and political dimension / Sratana Ly, Vandanet Hing, & Kimsan Soy -- Indonesia's response to the pandemic : too little, too late? / Nadirsyah Hosen and Nurussyariah Hammado -- Malaysia : improvised pandemic policies and democratic regression / Azmil Tayeb & Por Heong Hong -- Myanmar : pandemic in a time of transition / Kai Ostwald & Tun Myint -- Sri Lanka : pandemic-catalysed democratic backsliding / Bhavani Fonseka, Luwie Ganeshathasan, & Asanga Welikala -- Governments and business / Tan Cheng Han & Jiangyu Wang -- Nationalism, consolidation and rationalization in the aviation industry / Jae Woon Lee & MichelleDy -- Asian trade and supply chain linkages / Philip Calvert & Dan Ciuriak -- Mongolia : after successful containment, challenges remain / Charles Krusekopf & Mendee Jargalsaikhan -- Reset or revert in the new climate normal / Navraj Singh Ghaleigh & Louise Burrows -- Southeast Asian workers in a just-in-time pandemic / Helen Lansdowne & James Lawson.