We check in on China’s massive testing campaign in Wuhan, Beijing’s efforts to reopen its economy and the impact of another low point in U.S.
We check in on China’s massive testing campaign in Wuhan, Beijing’s efforts to reopen its economy and the impact of another low point in U. S.-China relations.
Guests
Brenda Goh, Reuters chief correspondent in Shanghai. (@brendagoh_)
Yanzhong Huang, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations. Director of global health studies at Seton Hall University’s School of Diplomacy and International Relations. (@YanzhongHuang)
Loren Heinold, co-founder and owner of the restaurant chain Q Mex, with four restaurants in Beijing. Co-founder and owner of Baozza, based in Shanghai.
Bonnie Glaser, director of the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. (@BonnieGlaser)
From The Reading List
Reuters: «China’s Wuhan says conducted 335,887 COVID-19 tests on May 17» — «The city of Wuhan, the original epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak in China, conducted 335,887 nucleic acid tests on May 17, the local health authority said on Monday, compared with 222,675 tests a day earlier.»
CNN: «Exclusive: Lack of immunity means China is vulnerable to another wave of coronavirus, top adviser warns» — «China still faces the ‘big challenge’ of a potential second wave of Covid-19 infections, the country’s top respiratory authority has warned, with the lack of immunity among the community a serious concern as the race to develop a vaccine continues.»
Foreign Affairs: «What Does Washington Want From China?» — «During one of the Balkan wars in the 1990s, a group of senior officials met in the White House Situation Room and listened to a proposal for bombing Serbia yet again in retribution for the latest outrage by its dictator, Slobodan Milosevic.
