In this podcast [16 min], Insightview has talked to a Danish businessman, Carsten Nygaard Brøgger about how the situation for foreigners in China has changed significantly in the last three weeks. [Read the articles, Viral racist treatment on Africans in China sparks Twitter outrage, and 'They see my blue eyes then jump back' – China sees a new wave of xenophobia.]  
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‌Carsten, who arrived in China on March 6, and other foreigners have in many ways turned into “contaminated” people after the coronavirus outbreak in Europe and the United States has proven to be more out of control than in China. At least, this is the narrative of the Chinese authorities. [Read also the FT article, Why China is losing the coronavirus narrative.] 
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‌This has made Chinese people suspicious about foreigners. The podcast interview shows that doing business in China has turned more complicated after the coronavirus outbreak. [Read also the article, Why China is losing the coronavirus narrative.] 
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‌In fact, globalisation faces heavy headwinds all over the world. ‌[Read also Friday's Insightview article, China: Massive economic contraction in Q1. The strategy is now 'localisation' rather than 'globalisation', and more support to state-owned enterprises. Foreigners are 'contaminated'.]
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‌More about CasusGrill

Carsten Nygaard Brøgger founded CasusGrill to market his reinvention of the disposable grill. The CasusGrill is a device that runs on bamboo charcoal briquettes. The grill’s cardboard body is insulated from the fire by a lining of lava stone, the only element that is not biodegradable; instead, it can be used in gardens. The grill, small enough to fit in most backpacks, won a Danish Design Award. [Read more here.] This podcast was recorded on April 19.
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‌8. April 2020 - VIDEO: China's restart - Households are increasingly acting as they did before the coronavirus outbreak
‌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
‌11. March 2020 - Coronavirus outbreak: Learn from Taiwan today - and not tomorrow!‌