He Wenping, Research Fellow, West Asia and Africa Studies Institute of the China Academy of Social Sciences
Mar 11, 2020
Iran fears accepting any American offer of help with the coronavirus epidemic because it believes its archenemy would not be sincere, but rather use any aid as leverage to undermine the regime. That fear is not unfounded.
Chen Dongxiao, President, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies
Mar 11, 2020
To overcome challenges, several steps must be taken, starting with an update of an outmoded health security concept characterized by the “panic-neglect” cycle, as well as sharing experience so the world doesn’t have to start from scratch in every crisis.
James Chau, Host of The China Current
Mar 11, 2020
Interview with Professor Gabriel Leung,Dean, Faculty of Medicine,University of Hong Kongon the outbreak of COVID-19March 5, 2020This is a rush transcript; an au
Cheng Li, Director, John L. Thornton China Center, The Brookings Institution
Ryan McElveen, Associate Director, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution
Mar 10, 2020
In the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak, China and Japan have embarked on an unexpected path of reciprocal generosity. While the deep-seated tensions across the East China Sea will not be resolved overnight, their collaboration provides a powerful lesson for other bilateral relationships that have succumbed to deep-seated hostility around the world.
Ma Shikun, Senior Journalist, the People’s Daily
Mar 10, 2020
While a live animal market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, has been widely cited as the source, this has yet to be conclusively proved. The ultimate answer should be used to stop the epidemic, not to place blame.
Kemel Toktomushev, Research Fellow, University of Central Asia
Mar 06, 2020
As COVID-19 spreads, the virus and the Sinophobia that follows threatens China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its goal of creating ‘a community of common destiny.’
Wang Huiyao, Founder, Center for China & Globalization
Mar 05, 2020
Given the high stakes, both China and the United States have compelling reasons to put aside their differences and work together. This would set the tone for solving other challenges as well.
An Gang, Adjunct Fellow, Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University
Mar 05, 2020
Many factors are aligning to dim the future, but it’s important to keep trying. While the two rivals are stuck in a mode of competition, suspicion and hard bargaining, the cliff can still be avoided.
Chen Dongxiao, President, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies
Mar 04, 2020
The novel coronavirus outbreak in the lead-up to the 2020 Chinese Spring Festival has inflicted great pain on tens of thousands of patients and their families, involving countless courageous Chinese citizens, who otherwise would have spent the holiday with their families and friends, in an unprecedented anti-virus war.
Christopher A. McNally, Professor of Political Economy, Chaminade University
Mar 03, 2020
US-China economic and technology relations are in an unexpected flux since the outbreak of the coronavirus.