Comparative Studies on Pandemic Control Policies and the Resilience of Society

Introduction.- Public Policies in Controlling Pandemic.- Cultural and Historical Comparison of Factors Behind Pandemic Control Policies.- Political, Institutional, and State Theory Comparison. Governmental Intervention or Civil Cooperation? Reliance on Governmental Arrangement Versus Resort to Institutional Power?.- International Relations and Great Power Comparison. Changes in the Soft Power and Nation Branding for Individual Countries Following their Handling of the Pandemic, Etc.- Public Health Systems and Social Policy System Regimes Comparison.- Public Wealth Regimes and Impact on Pandemic Control Policy and Social Resilience.- Economic Comparison: Costs and Benefits of Different Control Policies.- Comprehensive/ "Great Game" Strategy Comparison. Issues Around the Various Schools of Thought, Including Conspiracy Theories, Relationship Between the Pandemic, Pandemic-Control, China's Rise, and New World Order (International Power Shift), Economic Production, and Global Supply ChainChanges, as Well as Impacts on Policymaking, Etc.- Social Resilience.- Data-Driven, Data-Supported Analysis of Resilience, Like Social and Psychological Resilience Comparison.- Sociology of the Pandemic and the Impact on Social Resilience: Comparative Studies.- Big Data Social Resilience Analysis Comparative Studies.- Economic and Political Comparison in Resilience.- "New Normal" Preparing for and Resulting From "Living With Covid.".- Public Sentiments, Public Trust in Governance Affect Pandemic Control, Public Backlash After Once Successful Handling Of Pandemic by Coercive Force.- Social Costs and Benefits Analysis of Pandemic Control Policies.- Will Leave for Other Issues of Comparative Nature Surrounding the Pandemic Studies. Current Chapters Include.- Comparison of Pandemics in History. What was the Social, Economic, Diplomatic, as Well as Political Implications by Previous Well-Known Pandemics in History, such as the Black Death in the 14th Century, Harbin Plaque in 1910~1911, The

Simon Zhao, Professor and Associate Dean at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences BNU-HKBU United International College (UIC). He used to teach in HKU as a founding Director of International Center for China Development Studies and specializing at urban, regional and global studies and publishing  in the broad areas of urban regional studies, geopolitical and economic development, spatial and global transformation, geography of international trade and finance, and development of international financial centers (IFCs). He is an editorial board member for four international journals and published more than 150 papers in international refereed journals, mainly SSCI/SCI/CSSCI Citation Journals, book chapters and consultative reports etc. Simon Zhao was a Member of the Central Policy Unit, HKSAR Government (Pan-PRD Panel) and chaired and co-lead many substantial academic research projects, providing widely consultancy services to China national, provincial, and localgovernments as well as private sector. His latest edited volume is COVID-19 Pandemic, Crises Response and the Changing World: Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences (by SpringerNature, 2021) is well received globally.

Kam Tong Chan, Associate Professor in Social Work and Social Administration, BNU-UIC United International College and Head of Joint HKBU-UIC Master of Social Work Program. He is a Registered Social Worker in Hong Kong and Canada and was awarded Top 10 Outstanding Social Work Professionals in 2012 by the National Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China. He has served as the Deputy CEO of the Pok Oi Hospital Board in Hong Kong, with over 92 service units and 1500 staff. Dr. Chan's academic interests focused on non-profit organizations, social service administration, social work supervision, and social enterprises and social innovation. He oversees many research projects funded by the Hong Kong SAR Government, Mainland