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Published Tue, Feb 25, 2020 · 09:50 PM

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A CRISIS is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind. So goes one Chinese proverb.

Indeed, during previous epidemics, individuals, organisations and governments rode out dangerous winds and did well.

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