East Asia Watch

Economic survival lessons from Taiwan

Island shows public health is key as it goes about leveraging disruptions thrown up by Covid-19 to transform its economy

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Life for Taipei denizen Brenda Wu, 50, a housewife, has been pretty normal the past few months despite the raging Covid-19 pandemic worldwide.

She has been doing the things she usually does - taking her walks, going to the cinema and dining out with family members and friends.

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