What are people talking today:
- Chinese ambassador Cui Tiankai: Blaming China will not end this pandemic
"It is time to end the blame game. It is time to focus on the disease and rebuild trust between our two countries. As President Abraham Lincoln called for “the better angels” in his inauguration speech, I hope that the wisdom of preceding generations will guide us to choose the right side of history and work for our shared future together." - Senator Josh Hawley: The WTO Should Be Abolished
"We must face facts. The only sure way to confront the single greatest threat to American security in the 21st century, Chinese imperialism, is to rebuild the U.S. economy and to build up the American worker. And that means reforming the global economic system." - Lancet editor-in-chief: Useless, incorrect to blame China for coronavirus origin
"The U.S. has wasted the whole of February and early March. It is disappointing to see American politicians giving credence to conspiracy theories and promoting unproven treatments."
On US-China Relations
- Atlantic Council's Ana Palacio & Daniel Fried:
Democratic solidarity and the road ahead - The Guardian's Julian Borger:
US uses coronavirus to challenge Chinese Communist party's grip on power - ESM Goh Chok Tong:
For Covid-19, it is telling that there is no global leadership. Sad. - The National Interest's Zhiqun Zhu:
If Kim Jong-un Died, It Would Make the U.S.-China Rivalry Worse
On US Election
- Commentator Madison Gesiotto:
Joe Biden makes mistake with new World Health Organization pledge - Elliott Zaagman:
Who would Beijing prefer wins in November? - The Christian Science Monitor's Howard LaFranchi:
US-China: Are Americans ready for a (costly) breakup?
On Coronavirus
- Charhar Institute's Zhao Minghao:
Can China, U.S. Emerge Unscathed? - Brookings' Ryan Hass:
Clouded thinking in Washington and Beijing on COVID-19 crisis - Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University:
COVID-19 Tempts Would-Be Authoritarians - Brigham Young University's Ben Iverson & Harvard Law School's Mark Roe:
Planning for an American Bankruptcy Epidemic - The Washington Post's Henry Olsen:
Trump's not the only one blaming China. Americans increasingly are, too - The Diplomat's Deb Riechmann & Zeke Miller:
Trump’s Anti-China Rhetoric Aimed at Boosting US Leverage - Xinhua: Washington, disruptor-in-chief in global pandemic fight
- Financial Times' Gideon Rachman:
The US and China’s dangerous blame game will do no good - William A. Haseltine, Chair and President of the global health think tank ACCESS Health International:
Can America Handle a Second Wave?
On Trade
- Senator Josh Hawley:
Tariffs should be on the table to punish China over handling of the coronavirus - American Thinker's Ziva Dahl:
How China is buying up America's food supply