The COVID-19 Crisis; Social Perspectives; First Edition Page 1 THE COVID-19 CRISIS Since
its emergence in early 2020, the COVID-19 crisis has affected every part of the world. Well …

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated responses such as border closure,
lockdown measures and flight curtailment have severely disrupted transnational …

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a unique global experience, arousing both
exclusionary nationalistic and inclusionary responses of solidarity. This article aims to …

Ever since China has formally joined the WHO-backed global COVID-19 vaccine initiative
known as COVAX, there is a presumed notion that China's vaccine diplomacy will make a …

This article critically examines South Korea and China's COVID-19 tracking apps by bridging
surveillance studies with feminist technoscience's understanding of the “politics of care” …

This article aims to explore how racism plays out in China's sports fandom in the wake of the
Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement sweeping across the globe. To this end, we conducted …

Since China's lockdown of major cities in response to COVID-19, different forms of online
participatory initiatives led by self-organizing groups of volunteers have greatly contributed …

ABSTRACT COVID-19, as a major public health crisis, has triggered nationalism to different
degrees all around the world. This study utilises an online survey to explore the …

When the COVID-19 virus broke out in China, foreign observers speculated whether the
Chinese leadership was facing its 'Chernobyl Moment'. China's leadership, however, defied …

This is the Introduction to the special issue on Covid-19 and the cultural constructions of a
global crisis. Contextualizing understandings of the pandemic in relation to the concepts of …