Our rule of law has truly soured if public officials feel they can flagrantly ignore their own public health guidance. As much as the government would like to frame the birthday party attended by senior officials, dubbed “partygate”, as a set of individual failings, the government’s own responsibility cannot go unnoticed.

Hong Kong’s Covid-19 ‘partygate’ is the result of double standards in public health messaging comes via ChinaTechNews.com.