I went on virus lockdown for six weeks, and so can you


Interesting experience: China’s most valuable companies are gradually going back to business as usual as the rest of the world goes into remote working mode. — Bloomberg

THIS week, as Americans, Europeans and the rest of the world logged on to work from home en masse, China is just coming back online.

I finally returned to my office in Hong Kong on Monday, after telecommuting for six weeks during the coronavirus outbreak. HR had left a tiny bottle of hand sanitiser on everyone’s desk with a lovely note, “Welcome back, work-from-home warrior!”

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