COVID-19

Newsweek: China Claimed ‘Victory’ Over Coronavirus. It Came Back

By: Yang Jianli Despite the Chinese Communist Party's chest-thumping claims of victory over COVID-19 back in September 2020, China finds itself in a rather shameful state for its inefficient handling of the virus' second strain. Cases there surged again during the...
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Newsweek: The Biden Administration Must Fix the WHO’s China Obsession

By: Jianli Yang & Lianchao Han | Dec 17, 2020 President-elect Joe Biden would surely like to break away from his predecessor's legacy, but there is one thing he should build on instead of dismantling—the United States' tough approach towards China. Beijing's...
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The Hill: Biden must set firm conditions for re-engaging with the WHO

By: Jianli Yang & Aaron Rhodes | Dec 08, 2020President-elect Joe Biden has signaled that restoring relations with the World Health Organization (WHO) will be among his first acts as president. But to do so unconditionally would be to pass up opportunities to...
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Daily Clout: Controlling the COVID-19 Pandemic is the First Main Challenge Facing the Biden Administration

By: Yang Jianli | Nov 9, 2020 In March 2020, at the outset of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, I offered the White House some urgent suggestions regarding how to control the epidemic. My main ideas can be summarized as follows: The epidemic should be deemed...
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