Throughout the coronavirus crisis, much of the focus on China has been around cause and effect. Questions, redolent of a US Congressional hearing, persist. What did Beijing know and when? Did it try to cover up the outbreak? Had it admitted the scale of the threat sooner, could it have saved itself and everyone else from the dire economic and humanitarian consequences of the pandemic?
The longer lockdowns persist and travel restrictions remain in place, the stronger will be the scrutiny of China’s actions and the damage to its brand.
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