It's a valid comparison in the sense that both Singapore and Chinese governance structure allows extremely despotic interventions that other representative form

It's a valid comparison in the sense that both Singapore and Chinese governance structure allows extremely despotic interventions that other representative forms of governments cannot. The broad point that the countries that responded effectively so far either have the benefit of authoritarian mobilization capabilities or still have vast populations that experienced living under the shadow of authoritarian regimes. I don't think we'll see similar levels of compliance in the west, on top of actually having very difficult borders to police.