Yes. There are all kind or brokers selling the attention of their audiences: Google, TV Networks, podcasts, LinkedIn, etc. I'd like to see another attempt at disintermediation in the space.
Though I would not be surprised as it has been very interesting to see Japan and Korea preserving many of the traditional east Asian cultures a lot better than China itself.
As someone who lived at Corona for a few years I am not surprised as the daily exposure to number of strangers for the residents is probably also one of the highest. The neighborhood is composed of mostly people who cannot work from home (restaurant workers and delivery agents who work in Manhattan). It has a very close proximity to the crowded 7 train and relatively cheap rent in the surrounding area.
The WHO guideline has changed since 2015 (https://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2015/naming-new-d...) and all the virus discovered after has been named differently, I am not sure if anything was "manipulated" unless we think CCP knew this was going to happen 4 years earlier.
They have been in Changsha as well. I have only heard good things about it. The city is much smaller than Shanghai and people rely on it for the last km when they get off the few subway lines that exist there.
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