Hui Jiang

Hui Jiang is a professor of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. He holds a doctoral degree in Comparative Literature from New York University. He has taught in different universities in the United States and China. Since 2014, his family has settled in Johannesburg, South Africa. His current research interests center on South African literature and politics.

Mediapolis on Coronavirus, no. 2, vol. 5June 16, 2020

South Africa’s Wider Divide in the Disaster State

By Hui Jiang

[Ed. note: This is part of a series of reports on the COVID-19 pandemic from global cities.]

On April 10, 2020, a brutal abuse of power sparked public anger when it was broadcast by South African media. The victim was …