A Case Study of a Locked-Down Community under COVID-19 in Beijing

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes1 WeChat is similar to WhatsApp or Facebook and is the primary social media platform in China.2 Kaufman Joan, “SARS and China’s Health-Care Response,” in SARS in China: Prelude to Pandemic, eds. Arthur Kleinman and James L. Watson (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2006).3 In the context of apartment buildings in China, a unit refers to a self-contained living space within a larger building. Residents living in the same unit share a common access way or hallway. A unit may comprise multiple floors with several apartments per floor.Additional informationNotes on contributorsHuang JingHuang Jing is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Ethnology and Sociology at Minzu University of China. She is also a TV program director and writer. Trained in cultural anthropology and media, her research focuses on media anthropology.