Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Health, Medicine, and Science in Asia 2
3. Table of Contents 5
4. Introduction: COVID-19 and Asia 9
5. Part I. Health Policy in Asia and the Global Community
6. 1. Fighting for a Global Community in a Post-COVID World 31
7. 2. Countering Emerging Infectious Diseases and COVID-19 45
8. 3. The Outbreak of Infectious Disease and Trust in Government in Asian Countries 63
9. Part II. The Future of Global Health Governance in Asia
10. 4. China and the World Health Organization 83
11. 5. South Korea and the WHO during the COVID-19 Crisis 97
12. 6. Escaping the ‘Realist Trap’ 111
13. 7. From Pneumonia to Pragmatism 125
14. Part III. Domestic Responses to COVID-19 in a Globalized Asia
15. 8. The COVID-19 Pandemic 147
16. 9. The Coordination of COVID-19 Responses in Malaysia 163
17. 10. Analysis of South Korea’s Experience with the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Relations with the WHO 177
18. 11. State-Society Relations as Cooperative Partnership and the COVID-19 Response in Vietnam 197
19. Part IV. The Global Economy and Transnational Migrant Labour in Asia during COVID-19
20. 12. The Coronavirus as the ‘Final Straw’ of the CCP’s Performative Legitimacy? 217
21. 13. Health Governance during the COVID-19 Pandemic 231
22. 14. Public Health and Capitalism in Japan 247
23. 15. Indonesia’s Response to Global Recommendations on Labour 259