The country’s aggressive response to criticism risks alienating other countries. Playing up its role as a provider of medical equipment may not be enough to counteract this.
While the annual meeting of the legislature is often a stage-managed rubber stamp, behind the scenes a debate is taking place about the country’s direction in the post-coronavirus world.
The economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic has forced richer urban Chinese to cut back on spending. But for migrant workers and those in rural communities, the impact is far worse.
Trump aired a host of grievances against China in an interview on Fox Business Network as rhetoric between the two countries continue to poison the relationship.
Without consensus on the sharing of viruses and genetic sequence data, international cooperation on global health threats could be at stake, researchers say.
Local governments are under pressure to make sure China doesn't fall into an unemployment crisis. But can they do enough to push through economic headwinds?
The Chinese horseshoe bat was already believed to be the host of the virus that caused Sars. Now, Hong Kong scientists have found that it can carry the pathogen causing Covid-19.
The economic disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic is threatening to scuttle the dreams of almost nine million college students expected to graduate this summer.
Sociologist Yinxuan Huang says “maskaphobia” has made overseas Asians clear targets of attack as racists seek to legitimize xenophobia during the pandemic.