Zhou Xiaoming, Former Deputy Permanent Representative of China’s Mission to the UN Office in Geneva
Mar 14, 2020
Dismantling supply chains that took years, or even decades, to build is an expensive and time-consuming proposition. Many factors must be taken into account, including product quality, price and the reliability of prospective new channels.
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.
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.
Dan Steinbock, Founder, Difference Group
Mar 03, 2020
As the Trump White House has sought to politicize the virus outbreaks, vital time has been lost and collateral damage is likely to haunt the administration.
Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Mar 03, 2020
Cooperation is required if supply chain security is to be assured in the face of a worldwide health threat. No country can afford to be an outsider. Attempts by some to go it alone pose a huge challenge to the spirit needed to resolve the problem.
He Yafei, Former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mar 03, 2020
While the timing of the coronavirus outbreak is awkward, given the China-bashing realities of an election year in the United States, bilateral and global cooperation remain the only answer.
Li Zheng, Assistant Research Processor, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
Mar 03, 2020
Cooperation is needed now more than ever. Political stereotypes should be abandoned, joint research should be fostered and critical supply chains should be protected.
Lawrence Lau, Ralph and Claire Landau Professor of Economics, CUHK
Mar 02, 2020
Just as the COVID-2019 epidemic appears to be under control in China, new and serious outbreaks have occurred in South Korea, Italy, Japan, Iran and elsewhere. The virus seems to be ubiquitous and unstoppable. While I am hopeful that the epidemic in China will be over by the end of March, I begin to worry about the possibility of overseas visitors to China bringing the COVID-2019 virus back, starting another episode of the epidemic again. China cannot afford to have its hard-won and costly victory over the COVID-2019 virus annulled by a few infected visitors from abroad.
Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Global Institute at the University of Hong Kong
Xiao Geng, Director of Institute of Policy and Practice at Shenzhen Finance Institute, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Feb 29, 2020
Last October, the 2019 Global Health Security Report included a stark warning: “National health security is fundamentally weak around the world. No country is fully prepared for epidemics or pandemics, and every country has important gaps to address.” Just a couple of months later, a new coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, China – and quickly demonstrated the accuracy of the report’s assessment.
He Yafei, Former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Dec 17, 2019
Globalization offers context for the identity politics that grips political life everywhere. China knows that that balancing market efficacy and social justice is essential.