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Re:West’s incompetent response to pandemic will hasten the p... by aivisol on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @04:43AM (#22933152)
> Today the quality of governance in East Asia sets the global standard. The leaders who turned their countries around, such as Deng Xiaoping in China and Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore, planted the seeds of knowledge, internationalism and order in their societies.

Am I reading The Economist or Pravda?

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Re:West’s incompetent response to pandemic will hasten the p... by perpetualpatzer on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @07:23AM (#22933893)
You're reading the opinion section of The Economist, in which the featured opinion is that of outside contributor, Kishore Mabubani, a former Singoporean diplomat.
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Re:West’s incompetent response to pandemic will hasten the p... by indemnity on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @08:08AM (#22934167)
Singapore is probably going to have a worse time of it than most, in the post-globalisation future we’re hurtling towards.
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Re:West’s incompetent response to pandemic will hasten the p... by secfirstmd on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @01:06PM (#22936872)
Where is the mention of Western countries that have manages it well like in New Zealand with Jacinda Ardern or Germany Angela Merkel?
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