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Mediapolis on Coronavirus, no. 2, vol. 5June 29, 2020

China under Lockdown: Social Media and Labor Conditions during the Covid-19 Pandemic

By Anan Zhou

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

Internet-Based Mutual Aid

Considering the risk of traffic control following the lockdown of Wuhan, I decided to leave my parents’ house …

Mediapolis on Coronavirus, no. 2, vol. 5June 22, 2020

By Yang Zhan

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

Since the 1990s, China has implemented various policies to reduce friction in the movement of labor and capital in order to insert itself …

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

By Luís Costa

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

Fruit and cake stalls, bars, groceries, and trinket stands line the access road to the Favela of Pavão-Pavãozinho in Rio de Janeiro. Buckets …

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

By Francisco Foot Hardman

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

When some of my colleagues from IEL-Unicamp who study Indigenous Languages and Education, among them Filomena Sândalo and Wilmar D’Angelis, sent a …

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

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 …