Priyanka Pandit: Global cooperation vital to fight against COVID-19

With the rising cases in South Korea and Japan, it’s clear that no country alone can control an epidemic like COVID-19. Complicating the situation further is the multiple side effects of the virus. Apart from its potentially deadly pathogenic character, the virus leads to social exclusion and exacerbates the already existing differences on biomedical approaches to epidemic control and global health standards. So collective efforts are needed to end the differences in the battle against COVID-19, control its spread and find a cure for it.

Eight negative arguments smearing China’s virus fight must be refuted

The COVID-19 outbreak in China has begun to decline outside Hubei Province, meanwhile in some countries it is on the rise. This fully shows that the epidemic is a challenge faced by all humanity and needs to be addressed by all countries. China's experience in combating the outbreak shows that timely, accurate and authoritative information disclosure is crucial. However, "negative energy" arguments in the public opinion field, which undermines the solidarity and cooperation between human beings and even creates panic out of nothing, will harm the efforts to fight the epidemic and can be called a "tumor" in the public opinion field during the epidemic.

Wang Wan & Liu Dan: China-US game and China’s revival in the perspective of the comparative strength changes of the two countries

Wang Wen: China’s glory and dream reflected in an ordinary man’s unusual life

There are always heroes and cowards. This is a time when courage and timidity, misery and glory, and anxiety and hope coexist. As US reporter William Manchester carefully reported in his book The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932-1972, China also has its own compelling stories in the domains of politics, economy, culture and social life over the past four decades. Unfortunately, neither Chinese nor Western media outlets have accurately recorded this era of complexity and diversity.

Help China’s key manufacturers plug back into global supply chain, Xi Jinping says

Chinese President Xi Jinping said key enterprises in manufacturing supply chains should get help to resume output amid calls in other countries to cut reliance on Chinese suppliers.At a Communist Party Politburo meeting on Friday, Xi said the coronavirus epidemic had not yet reached its peak despite a recent drop in the number of new infections, and officials must be vigilant to contain the epidemic, while also ensuring that China remained on track to resume output and meet its economic goals.

Economic Impact of the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak on China Will Be Temporary

The Chinese government is taking forceful prevention and control measures in response to the recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus, known as Covid-19. The contagion has exerted some downward pressure on China’s economy, but it will not last long. Supported by a resilient economy and ample room for policy adjustments, the People’s Bank of China expects a quick recovery after the outbreak is contained.

China points tariff exemptions for US imports

China on Friday launched a listing of tax-exempt items from US imports which had been slapped with tariffs within the commerce struggle, paving the way in which for extra purchases of US merchandise amid the unfold of COVID-19, which displays an interdependent commerce relationship, analysts stated. To exempt merchandise from one another, although not a part of the part one commerce deal, was a scheduled transfer geared toward mitigating strain for industries and corporations from each nations, specialists near the deal instructed the World Occasions on Friday.

Liu Zhiqin: Virus to move China up global healthcare supply chain

Combating novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) could trigger an earth-shaking change in the world's healthcare industry supply chain. China is set to expand its supply chain in the healthcare industry. China can be the base camp for this radical reform. The country will become both the producer and market of medical products. Financial services, research institutes and biotechnology development related to virus containment have tremendous market value - China can't pass up this opportunity for a strategic shift.

Ding Gang: Chinese workers’ basic needs push production resumption amid virus fight

The epidemic that broke out in Wuhan has forced the world to examine the relationship between the world's economy and the Chinese economy. As China has become the main engine of world economic growth, the severe challenge brought about by the epidemic has been a heavy blow to the global economy. The latest prediction by Standard Chartered bank shows that when the growth of the Chinese economy dips to 5.8 percent, the world economy will plummet by a tenth of a percentage point, which would result in the loss of tens of billions of dollars.

He Weiwen: Flu outbreak reveals US’ true colors

While people in China and around the world are actively cooperating to combat the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) outbreak, some US politicians and media are making accusations against China, questioning the effectiveness of its response to the epidemic. However, the US sees frequent outbursts of influenza, and its government not only reacts with extremely low efficiency but also remains silent. The contrast has revealed a US double standard.

He Weiwen: Virus Economics: Cautious Confidence

The sudden outbreak of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, caught China totally unprepared just before the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday. China's economy suffered a lot in the epidemi. Interruptions in Chinese supply chains is spreading to other countries, which will influence the global economy. If China has the right policies and pathways, and if it works successfully with the international community, there is a high chance that its economic growth will stay within its trend line over the medium term.

Jean-Guy Carrier: Love and amity the most effective vaccine

The Chinese people see China's entry into the WTO is proof that their country was stepping out into the world, and that the world was turning increasingly toward China. But events took a surprising turn when the SARS epidemic broke out in China in November 2002. By early 2003, the SARS virus had spread to 17 countries. The outcome of the coronavirus outbreak is likely to be the same as that of the SARS epidemic. However, The difference is not with the coronavirus so much as it is with the reality of China's return to the global stage and its influence as an engine of the global economy.

Sergey Glaziev: 'Russia supports' China's fight against outbreak of coronavirus

Measures taken by Chinese government to fight the coronavirus epidemic are impressive. The whole world is delighted with the speed and scale of the measures taken to prevent the spread of infection, as well as the cohesion and discipline of the Chinese people facing a new health threat.For us (Russia), China is a strategic partner with a long friendship and cooperation. The two heads of state have repeatedly talked about mutual friendship, cooperation and support, highlighting the importance of joint opposition to external threats by using such Chinese expression as "back to back" and Russian expression as "shoulder to shoulder".

Liu Ying: Epidemic will have limited impact on trade

The novel coronavirus outbreak will impact China's trade in the first quarter of this year. In the short run, the epidemic's impact on China's exports will be larger than that on imports. To cope with the adverse impact of the epidemic on China's economy, the country has launched macroeconomic and fiscal measures to support China's imports and exports. And the global supply chain will rapidly recover in the second quarter as the epidemic is effectively brought under control.

The urgency to understand China's Xinjiang narrative

The issue of Xinjiang has repeatedly been brought up in Western criticism for China. It almost comes as a "handy weapon" for some politicians when they find it necessary to play down China.However, to judge the issue from a "right or wrong" point of view is to fail to grapple the complexity behind the debate. Controversies around Xinjiang are a mirror that reflects some deep differences in terms of how the West and China see issues like human rights, freedom, governance and development.

Ong Tee keat: The Unorthodox Lunar New Year

The Year of Rodent in 2020 will leave an indelible mark in my memory as we usher in the Lunar New Year against the gloomy backdrop of the onslaught of Coronavirus. Throughout the history of mankind, virus knows no race or nation state. It could cause an outbreak anywhere. It is the collective responsibility of international community to fight the deadly pandemic concertedly in the interest of human survival.

William Jones: Nobody likes a bully

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his sidekick and fellow West Pointer, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, descended on the Munich Security Conference (MSC), like Batman and Robin into Gotham City, to "save" the people from the "evils" lurking around them, in this case China and Russia. "The West is Winning" Pompeo trumpeted triumphantly to what must have been a surprised audience, gathered to discuss how the Cold War was over and that new forms of collaboration between nations had to be established.

Wang Wen: Five battles that China must win in 2020

The 2020 Spring Festival might be the most difficult and unforgettable Chinese New Year since the launch of the reform and opening-up four decades ago. The whole country has spent this year's holiday as if it were wartime. Chinese decision-makers have used the word "war" to inspire people's morale and mobilize national resources, stressing the need to resolutely win the people's war against the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP).

The New York Times and Chris Buckley misrepresent China’s efforts to defeat the coronavirus

While China is mobilizing all resources available in the battle against the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19), the New York Times has been busy hyping a public opinion storm by pulling rumors out of a hat in an attempt to defame China and spread overpowering fright over the epidemic. The New York Times has always been a base camp of liberalism in the US. It has shown its long-term prejudice against both people and countries with different values via reports based on its own ideology.

He Weiwen: US’ WHO funding cut plan amid epidemic exposes lack of responsibility

Just as the world is combating the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19), Ebola and locust plague in Africa, the US government seeks to halve its funding for the World Health Organization (WHO). It's selfish and indifferent moves once again clearly exposes a severe lack of international responsibility. Instead of providing aid as it should have, the US again makes baseless fear-mongering actions and words, all of which have been quelled by China's open, transparent, responsible stance, and its positive cooperation with the WHO.