The coronavirus pandemic has spooked the global financial markets and created a skyrocketing demand for the U.S. dollar as investors rush to safety. Some consider the dollar's reserve currency status was reaffirmed as the U.S. Federal Reserve embarked on large scale currency swaps to provide liquidity to central banks around the world, while others think the other way.
The fundamental commitment of the authorities was to save as many lives as possible, and compared to the lives lost in the fight with the virus in other countries, not least of all, in the US, the cost for China in human life, while tragic, was far less. As the virus began to hit other countries, the "Wuhan model" became the paradigm. And as the fight subsided in China, Chinese teams were sent to other countries to aid them with equipment and with sound advice on combating the spread.
If China didn't start the conflict with America, Wang Wen think that the world will become worse and worse.
Faced with COVID-19’s onslaught, not one single life will be saved in any country by propaganda, politicization of the crisis or similar diversions. On the contrary, many lives are lost as a result of these – because they obstruct the necessary lessons to fight the virus’s attack. As bluffing will not stop the coronavirus, only correct actions will, it is therefore vital every country learns lessons from China’s successful handling of this crisis.
Many international observers have been shocked when they look at the United States and see, in the midst of the greatest pandemic in the century, college kids romping on the beaches, or demonstrators at state capitols without masks demanding an end to quarantine, or internet campaigns warning about the dangers of being vaccinated.
The World Health Organisation has praised India’s lockdown measures at an early stage. Nevertheless, the government is facing a storm of media criticism, including accusations of unreliable data on infection numbers and the death toll, and on the measures’ adverse impact on daily-wage workers. The harshest criticism has been aimed at New Delhi’s handling of the hate propaganda against minority groups, specifically Muslims.
The Donald Trump administration’s failure to take the coronavirus seriously won’t only cause thousands of unnecessary deaths, it could change the global political map for good. The US is now a deadly threat to every person on the planet – that is the inevitable result of Washington’s decision to lift even its very limited lockdown despite the fact the virus continues to rage with full force within the American borders.Domestically, this will mean the death of tens of thousands more Americans, creating a casualty toll on US soil comparable only to the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic and the Civil War. But the international consequences will see the world divided into two zones.
The world was quite taken aback by the sudden eruption of a novel coronavirus as it began to make its appearance in Wuhan, the capital city of central China’s Hubei Province, with a population of 11 million. Not only the world, but also Chinese authorities were initially unaware about the nature of what they were dealing with when a series of “pneumonia-like cases of unknown origins” began to appear.
The other day, my son recommended me a piece of 8K music, which means music produced with a high-tech display resolution with superior clarity and depth. As I put on the headphones, it felt like I was surrounded by a full 360-degree wave cycle.
As the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the world, with total cases growing rapidly by the day, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been busy blaming China with unsupported “lab conspiracy” claims and calling the coronavirus the “Wuhan virus.” He presumes to hold China accountable for the origin of the virus and a purported “cover-up.” The attorney general of the state of Missouri filed a lawsuit seeking compensation from China. President Donald Trump shared the allegations. Similar charges and threats against China have come from a few people in European countries, India and Australia, demanding reparations.
The origin of a virus is to be determined by medical experts - not politicians without experience conducting scientific research. Not one notable medical expert has supported the Trump administration's claim. Indeed, numerous medical experts have stated the claim is without merit. US allies, such as Britain and Australia, have also rejected the claim. Why, therefore, is a lie, rejected by credible medical professionals, and one that therefore carries zero international credibility, being put forward daily by the Trump administration?
As COVID-19 sweeps across the world, its multifaceted impact on China-U.S. relations is increasingly prominent. A view held in some strategic circles in the United States is that China is using the pandemic in a disinformation campaign designed to elevate its own global influence. As China leads the world recovery, this thinking goes, it will exploit the opportunity to shape the post Covid-19 world.
To focus solely on border security is narrow-minded. Finger pointing in a global crisis is short-sighted. Infectious diseases constitute challenges far beyond the realm of medical science and the borders of any single country. They test our global conceptions and mindset.
The sudden outbreak of a new pandemic has dealt a severe blow to China and the world economy. Can the Chinese economy survive COVID-19? Will there be an impact on the global supply chain? John Ross, former director of economic and business policy for the Mayor of London and a senior fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies under Renmin University of China, shares his views with CGTN.
The dimwits in the National Republican Senatorial Committee have issued a clear path for Trump's electoral defeat in 2020. Their recommended election strategy to their colleagues is simple: "Attack China!" A 57-page memo issued by the Committee instructs Republican candidates not to defend President Trump (except for his travel ban from China), but to attack China for the "cover-up" of the coronavirus, leading to the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans.
We are writing to call for a set of internationally coordinated, locally relevant actions to address the medium- and longer-term impacts of COVID-19 on agriculture, food, and nutrition security.The current global health crisis has disrupted supply chains and laid bare the need to address the inter-related challenges of hunger, malnutrition, climate change, and environmental degradation and has emphasized the need for concerted, proactive and collective actions to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) adopted by the UN in 2015.
what can we learn from COVID-19 and Past Crises?
Επιπλέον, μια μικρή ομάδα ανθρώπων προσπαθεί ακόμη και να απαιτήσει αποζημίωση από την Κίνα. Τα γεγονότα μιλούν πιο δυνατά από τα λόγια. Η Κίνα ενημέρωσε τις ΗΠΑ για την κατάσταση στις 3 Ιανουαρίου 2020. Τα νέα για το «κλείδωμα» της Γουχάν μεταδόθηκαν παγκοσμίως. Ο πρόεδρος Τραμπ δημοσίευσε τουλάχιστον τρία tweets τον Φεβρουάριο, επαινώντας ιδιαίτερα την αποτελεσματικότητα και τη διαφάνεια της κινεζικής κυβέρνησης. Το έχουν ξεχάσει οι Αμερικανοί; Για να μην αναφέρουμε ότι η οικονομική κρίση του 2008, που δημιουργήθηκε εντελώς από τους Αμερικανούς, προκάλεσε πτώχευση εκατομμυρίων οικογενειών παγκοσμίως. Κάποιος σε όλο τον κόσμο έλαβε αποζημίωση από τις ΗΠΑ; Το AIDS ανακαλύφθηκε για πρώτη φορά στις ΗΠΑ. Δεν το ονομάσαμε «αμερικανικό ιό».
A patchwork of approaches adopted by governments across the world in the fight against the coronavirus have led to differing results, proving that isolating and quarreling are pointless and harmful in the face of a global crisis, and only through cooperation can we defeat our invisible enemy. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a global cooperation mechanism that has proven capable of saving lives from the deadly virus and bringing more opportunities for the world's economic recovery.
What can China offer to the world as more countries plan to ease restrictions and lift city lockdowns? Collective will of sticking to prevention and control measures in fending off risks of a resurgence of infections, close monitoring and tracking of suspected patients and close contacts with the help of high tech and massive testing are major experiences that China - the first country to suffer a severe impact from the outbreak of the COVID-19 and the first to emerge from the crisis - applied to strike a balance between saving their economy and not triggering a second outbreak. However, some observers don't believe the West could do the same.