The patterns of COVID-19 spread through Europe show that the European response to the growing risk of the virus spreading out of China came late. When the COVID-19 outbreak started escalating in January, the world was tensely watching the situation in China which was the epicenter of the epidemic. As the first cases outside China… Continue reading How Europe acted “too little too late” amidst the COVID-19 spread
Coronavirus pandemic threatens Kazakstan with serious economic loss. Across media outlets, leaders’ roundtables as well as people’s kitchen tables, the early months of 2020 have been dominated by a single topic: COVID-19. Most attention was initially placed on Europe and China, which for now appears to have contained the initial Wuhan outbreak. However, as global… Continue reading COVID-19: All Quiet on the Central Asian Front?
Being justly outraged over China’s spreading of conspiracy theories and hoaxes about the origin of coronavirus leads to some calling the virus ‘Chinese’ as a sign of resistance against Chinese propaganda. However, this is counterproductive as it only helps to spread harmful racist discourse. Donald Trump used the term ‘Chinese virus’ for the first time… Continue reading Why using the term ‘Chinese virus’ isn’t quite right
Spravodlivé rozhorčenie nad tým, že Čína šíri konšpiračné teórie o pôvode nového koronavírusu, vedie niektorých k tomu, že vírus ako formu odporu proti propagande čínskej vlády nazývajú prívlastkom “čínsky”. Tento krok je však kontraproduktívny, šíri rasistický diskurz. Donald Trump použil pojem “čínsky vírus” prvýkrát 16. marca vo svojom tvíte a následne ho niekoľkokrát zopakoval. Vírus takto začal nazývať… Continue reading Prečo nie je dobré používať pojem “čínsky vírus”
On March 12, 2020, new spokesperson of China’s ministry of foreign affairs (MFA) Zhao Lijian floated an idea on his Twitter account that the new coronavirus, which first started spreading in Wuhan, could have been brought in by the U.S. military. The public flirtation with the conspiracy theory is China’s attempt to turn the tables when it comes… Continue reading China’s confrontational diplomacy in the ‘new era’
