China and Covid-19: Preparing for a ‘Post-WWI World’
The world is likely to emerge from the pandemic with no benign hegemon
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By: Ian Forsyth
As the source of the Covid-19 outbreak, China initially faced a situation similar to the Soviet Union’s 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion: an authoritarian state’s lies, cover-ups, and utter lack of openness and transparency leading to unnecessary loss of life domestically and internationally. Chernobyl—by some accounts—was the…
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