The two countries followed dramatically different paths in managing the pandemic, inviting comparisons of their governance models. Certainly, this is a test of leadership. The country that drives the international response will be in the driver’s seat in reshaping globalization.

Name-calling doesn't help at a time the world needs China and the U.S. to work together against the pandemic. The Trump administration should step back from its belligerence and hostility.

Can the premier forum for international coordination, survive the turbulence created by the confluence of nationalism and COVID-19? Or will it be relegated to a diminished role? The answer isn’t clear.

Like many countries, the U.S. was slow to accept the reality of COVID-19, but some have used racism and Sinophobia to deflect criticism for the country’s missteps in handling the virus.

The COVID-19 pandemic could ignite economic calamity in the foreseeable future. It will require policymakers around the globe to engage in cooperation to halt a crisis before it is too late.

COVID-19 bodes ill not only for the global economy, but for Donald Trump’s re-election and U.S.-China relations at large.

The European Union has found itself ill-prepared to support its member states in the mitigation of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its unsuccessful course of action has cleared the way for China to establish critical diplomatic relationships there and rewrite geopolitics as we know it.

The G20 Extraordinary Summit was a wake-up call for the international community. It was clear that coordinated policies and actions against the epidemic are needed worldwide — and that especially includes the world’s two major powers.

Will China and the United States be able to jointly lead a cooperative effort to stop the global epidemic? Don’t hold your breath.

The impact of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 has been severe. Just as pervasive has been the anti-Chinese rhetoric that has gradually overtaken the Trump administration’s dialogue with the American people and the resulting anti-Chinese sentiment that is putting many Asian Americans in danger.