A Letter From Shanghai, Where a Powerful System of Control Prevails Over COVID-19
A Mother and Her Daughters Return Home to a Careful Regime and a Changed City
On March 15, I flew home to the U.S. to bring my daughters back to Shanghai. The sharp contrast between the way China has sought to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 and the way the U.S. has handled the disease so far has been alarming.
My family has been navigating the shifting geography of COVID-19 for months, as the virus first emerged in China, our country of residence, and then moved onto our native home, the United States. We’re Americans with a home in Virginia, but a couple of …