In the last few days, the editor of Insightview has tried to get yet another update from sources in China about how China's restart is progressing. Click here to see a short Insightview video with footages and pictures from April 7. China is not back to normal, but households are acting more and more as they did before the coronavirus outbreak. The supermarkets are filled with people and "social distancing" is absent, according to Insightview's sources. 
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‌Chinese households feel "safe" due to many factors. First of all, ‌the Chinese believe that they are protected by wearing face masks. This is, of course, a false sense of security, although face masks will protect other people if one is a person without symptoms. Second, they "trust" the data coming from the national health authorities even though some locals and foreigners living on the mainland [and this website] believe the extent of the outbreak is much larger than the official number. 
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‌On the other hand, "this is no different from Europe, where the authorities have neglected warnings from the WHO since December 31 and warnings from China and South Korea," as one expatriate told the editor. "Have you been told the truth in Denmark or was covid19 just regular influenza?," many Chinese ask the editor. In China, Europe and the United States are believed to have been arrogant and know-all. [Read the Insightview article, Why are national health authorities not listening to anecdotal evidence from Asia? Credibility is needed if a 'second wave' were to emerge.] It is hard to argue against these accusations.  
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‌The Chinese are shocked when it comes to how unprepared Europe and the United States have been during the crisis. They often ask the editor how the situation could develop as it did? This is also an unanswered question, which will make it much harder for foreigners to enter China in the future. Suddenly, European and Americans are the "contaminated". Ironically, this means that President Xi Jinping is a "hero" in relative terms because Beijing understood how to control the virus outbreak. At least this is the narrative, which is now sponsored by the Communist Party. 
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‌Unfortunately, the truth has been infected not only in China but all over the world since the virus outbreak started. [Read also the Bloomberg article, Trump Says He is Considering a Hold on U.S. Funding for WHO.] Nonetheless, we are all in the same boat when we face the risk of a "second wave" in the autumn, as most virus experts believe is in the pipeline.
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‌30. March 2020 - VIDEO Interview: How is China's 'restart' progressing - and what can Europe learn?
‌6. April 2020 - Why are national health authorities not listening to anecdotal evidence from Asia? Credibility is needed if a 'second wave' were to emerge
‌18. March 2020 - Podcast interview with Steffen Schiottz-Christensen about a slow 'restart process' in China. A 'survival kit' for Europeans in the coming weeks and months
‌27. February 2020 - Must-listen Podcast interview with Joerg Wuttke, President of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China: Is the coronavirus outbreak a wake-up call to European companies in China? Topics such as a serious shortage in the pharmaceutical sector
‌28. January 2020 - Podcast interview with Anders Ellemann Kristensen in Beijing, General Manager, Albatros Travel China, about the coronavirus impact - Anecdotal evidence from Beijing
‌23. January 2020 - A short note on the risk of a pandemic caused by a new strain of coronavirus in China - The difference from the Sars-outbreak in 2003
‌21. January 2020 - A short note on the new strain of coronavirus in China
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