"Special Times Call for Special Measures ": China's Regulation of COVID-19 through Criminal Justice Innovation

This article reveals how COVID-19 has provoked the enactment of recent emergency regulations and the implications for criminal justice policy and practice in the Peoples' Republic of China (PRC). In what the authors describe as a principle that s "pecial times call for special measures ", Chinas' legal approach to the challenges created by COVID-19 resembles the countrys' enduring crime control s "trike hard " strategy. Under the banner of "dynamic zero-COVID ", this analysis also demonstrates the practice of cautious law enforcement as seen through the s "trike hard " practices. This is encapsulated by the augmentation and specification of "risk-creation " ooences as well as the emerging trend that favours charging risk perverse actions as more serious ooences when assessing punishment.