Taiwan rewards health minister Chen Shih-chung’s coronavirus success story

There is a saying which has become popular in Taiwan during the coronavirus pandemic: “If you go clockwise, you will win, if you go anticlockwise, you will lose.” It is a wordplay that pays tribute to Health Minister Chen Shih-chung, a man widely regarded as being responsible for the island’s success in containing the disease.“Shih-chung” is similar to the word for “clock” in Chinese, so the saying means, follow Chen’s instructions and survive, ignore them at your peril. Chen has been leading…

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