In Xi's address to the bureaucracy last year, he enumerated five forms of risk and asked them to use it a rule-of-thumb when evaluating projects and policies. I was struck by the difference between our heads of state and China's. Some of ours would not know what he means, none would consider using it.
The Chinese are risk-literate. The long-suffering bureaucracy was well prepared for Covid, for example, having begun planning for a 'SARS like event' in 2013
In Xi's address to the bureaucracy last year, he enumerated five forms of risk and asked them to use it a rule-of-thumb when evaluating projects and policies. I was struck by the difference between our heads of state and China's. Some of ours would not know what he means, none would consider using it.
The Chinese are risk-literate. The long-suffering bureaucracy was well prepared for Covid, for example, having begun planning for a 'SARS like event' in 2013
We are, apparently, risk-illiterate.