{"id":2248,"date":"2020-03-24T04:58:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T04:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maxlee.info\/blog\/?p=2248"},"modified":"2020-03-25T05:03:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T05:03:15","slug":"china-will-emerge-from-the-coronavirus-crisis-stronger-than-the-u-s-experts-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maxlee.info\/blog\/news\/china-will-emerge-from-the-coronavirus-crisis-stronger-than-the-u-s-experts-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"China will emerge from the coronavirus crisis stronger than the U.S., experts warn"},"content":{"rendered":"

China has, so far, won the propaganda battle over which superpower can best handle a pandemic<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Published: March 24, 2020 at 4:28 p.m. ET, By Chris Matthews<\/p>\n

The coronavirus pandemic gripping the globe may have its origins in China, but experts say that current trends indicate the crisis will leave it in a much stronger position geopolitically relative to the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Chinese are in a much stronger position than they have been coming out of any recent global crisis,\u201d Ian Bremmer, president and founder of the Eurasia Group, told MarketWatch.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey own most of the global medical supply chain. They\u2019ve basically contained the virus through technology-powered, authoritarian surveillance, and they\u2019ve leveraged this success by providing aid to Europe and emerging markets,\u201d in the fight against COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Even as China\u2019s economy has taken a large hit from the outbreak, and will continue to suffer<\/a> from falling global demand as it spreads throughout Europe and the United States, the country does appear to be opening for business, with the city of Wuhan \u2014 where the outbreak began in December \u2014 scheduled to lift its lockdown next week.<\/p>\n

Carl Weinberg, founder and chief economist at High Frequency Economics, said in an interview that while it may be too early to declare the Chinese economic recovery underway, policy makers there appear to have a better handle of the situation. \u201cThe Chinese built a hospital with 2,000 beds in 10 days from start to finish,\u201d he said. \u201cThey started building it in January before the pandemic was fully recognized. We\u2019re way behind the curve on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the U.S.-China relationship has deteriorated in recent weeks, as Chinese and American leaders have sought to blame one another<\/a> for the pandemic. On Tuesday, Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri said there should be an international investigation \u201cinto the origins of the coronavirus,\u201d and submitted legislation that calls for China to provide compensation for the economic impact.<\/p>\n

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It's time for an international investigation into China's lies about the origins of #coronavirus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

China should be held to account and they should foot the bill for what the world, including the United States, is now suffering. https:\/\/t.co\/kRc4ILrfsX<\/a><\/p>\n

— Senator Hawley Press Office (@SenHawleyPress) March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n