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I think this rhetoric is a bit over the top. If anything this pandemic is going to buy China goodwill and stature based on their relatively strong posturing on
by jacobajit 6y ago
I think this rhetoric is a bit over the top. If anything this pandemic is going to buy China goodwill and stature based on their relatively strong posturing on the way out of crisis (vis a vis US) https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the-us-traditionally-leads-in-times-of-crisis-now-its-practicing-self-isolation/2020/03/25/1fa3f9b6-6d38-11ea-a156-0048b62cdb51_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the-us-traditionally-le...
- i_have_suffered 6y agoAlso they have supplied aid to Italy and Spain (although also screwed up with medical supplies to Spain).
- mrighele 6y agoThey also screwed up (faulty masks and/or test) at the minimum with Netherlands, Czech Republic and Turkey.
- enriquto 6y ago> although also screwed up with medical supplies to Spain The "screwing up" of medical supplies in Spain is due to the incompetence and corruption of the Spanish government. They tried to arrange directly for the buying of supplies, bypassing the common importation route used by health officials. Unfortunately, and despite the repeated warnings of the Chinese embassy and many hospital managers, they ended up buying the supplies to a non-homologated Chinese startup, so the supplies cannot be used.