Philipp Renninger is a doctoral candidate and academic assistant at the Universities of Lucerne (Switzerland) and Freiburg (Germany). In his PhD thesis, Philipp develops a new method of comparative law by the example of China, Switzerland, and Germany. Philipp has published on China’s and Wuhan’s central-local COVID-19 management in The Diplomat, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and the Washington International Law Journal. Contact him at philipp.renninger@yahoo.com or on Twitter @Phil_Renninger.