The health crisis has strengthened hard-liners and driven China and the U.S., the world’s two biggest economies, closer to collision.
These are some of the unusual new scenes across the Southland in the age of the coronavirus outbreak.Early on, President Trump frequently referred to the coronavirus as the “Chinese virus.”
The punitive duties also have affected badly needed protective medical gear such as face masks, gloves and goggles, many of which are made in China. Whether either side is prepared to back away from confrontation remains in doubt. Both Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have pressing political reasons to keep playing hardball.“In the case where we’re dealing with a global and domestic recession, it will undoubtedly seed voices of populism and nationalism and xenophobia,” said Jude Blanchette, the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
On the Chinese side, the U.S. criticism of the nation — and the economic pain inflicted by the tariffs — has stirred waves of nationalistic resentment. As the economic pain spreads, analysts say it will probably make compromise more difficult even if deescalation would benefit both sides. But there are signs that China’s economy may fare better than many in the West are projecting. Factories have largely resumed operations, with electric power usage returning to 95% of what it was this time a year ago, said Nicholas Lardy, a China economy expert at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
in which the Chinese promised to buy billions of dollars more in American farm products and other goods. Beijing’s persistent refusal to prevent its companies from appropriating the intellectual property and know-how of U.S. firms was high on a lengthening list of complaints.
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