A few days later it was officially announced that the coronavirus hit Europe in unexpected places in northern Italy. This is no longer a matter of an individual case but a beginning of an epidemic. Stories about the COVID-19 are now dominating the media in Europe.
Since reform and opening-up began in 1978, China's interaction with the outside world has accelerated and China's development has become increasingly fascinating and has attracted many foreigners to study, work and live in China. Many of them have achieved their own dreams with the help of China's fast development, and in return many have contributed to the country's development. Their relations with Chinese people are now like those of close neighbors. Many of these foreigners regard China as their home or at least their second hometown.
The world has become complacent to the emergence of new viruses, relying on advancement in science and medicine, and wrongly believing that there will be a cure for every illness.
The world has become complacent to the emergence of new viruses, relying on advancement in science and medicine, and wrongly believing that there will be a cure for every illness.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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".
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 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.
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.