"Our project is associated with the Asiatic Affairs Society, and the theme we are researching is the State of Democracy and Authoritarianism. In specific, our project looks to investigate the relationship between ideology, the state, and technology in context of government-lead responses to the recent Coronavirus pandemic. The regions we are focusing on are China, India, and Taiwan. We hope that by taking a historical approach to this question, we can deliver a report that contextualizes public health policy in a history of political, social, and technological thought."