THE CORONAVIRUS HAS FUELLED RENEWED GEOSTRATEGIC COMPETITION
October 2nd, 2021
A key political question emerging from the Coronavirus pandemic has been how the disease might readjust relations between this world’s two largest powers – the United States and China. The two countries have had two very different experiences of Covid-19, which reflect their contrasting social and political systems. Despite being the source of the virus, China flexed its authoritarian strength to clamp down on virus transmissions, with 4,636 Chinese people dying by October 14, just three people per million, according to the country’s official statistics at ...
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