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1. Unprecedented Times: The COVID-19 Pandemic that Swept the World

verfasst von : Li Sheng

Erschienen in: How COVID-19 Reshapes New World Order: Political Economy Perspective

Verlag: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

The year 2020 was dominated by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and many countries worldwide are experiencing second or third waves of COVID-19 cases as the weather becomes colder during the winter of 2021. In such a circumstance, this book chronicles the pandemic evolvement in 2020 at the beginning.

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Wintour (2020, April 11).

Watts (2020, April 13).

Chiu (2020, March 20).

Mitchell (2021, January 20).

Myre (2020, March 27).

Bradley (2020, April 9).

Boffey (2020, March 11).

The Global Trade Alert Team (2020, May 4).

Huang (2020, May 30).

Sheng (2016).

Löfflmann (2019).

Boseley (2020, December 12).

Sheng, (2012).

Khan and Faisal (2020), Tooze (2020).

Betti and Hong (2020, February 27).

World Trade Organization (2020, April 8).

Sheng (2015a).

Sheng (2010).

Gu and Sheng (2010).

Sheng (2011).

Hay (2000).

Kandil et al. (2020).

Wang and Sun (2020).

Lipscy (2020).

Kenwick and Simmons (2020).

Fazal (2020).

Sheng (2014b).

Enos (2020).

BBC (2021, January 22).

Javorcik (2020).

Global Times (2021, January 22).

Gramer and Larsen (2020, March 19).

Gill (2020).

Kowalski (2021).

Grizold and Jaklič (2021).

Mithani et al. (2021, July 23).

Yong (2020, August 4).

Branswell (2020, May 26).

Goldberg (2020, March 19).

Meyer and Madrigal (2020, May 13).

Johnson (2020).

Okello (2020, April 2).

Moore (2020, April 5).

Pitofsky (2020, April 3).

Forrest (2020, April 3).

Blatchford (2020, April 5).

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Mason (2020, December 8).

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Freedman (2020).

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Titel: Unprecedented Times: The COVID-19 Pandemic that Swept the World
verfasst von: Li Sheng
Verlag: Springer Singapore
Buch: How COVID-19 Reshapes New World Order: Political Economy Perspective
Print ISBN: 978-981-16-6189-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-16-6190-7

Copyright-Jahr: 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6190-7_1