The coronavirus outbreak has the potential to be the most significant global event of our time, writes Atlantic Council CEO Frederick Kempe.
That brings one to the hardest impacts to calculate of all, and that is the geopolitics of coronavirus.
Could the coronavirus have the reverse impact? The virus may or may not be overblown as a pandemic threat, but Xi's legitimacy in any case will be tested in his handling of the emergency, given how much power has been concentrated in his own hands. Conversely, his authority could grow if he's perceived at handling the crisis well.what might be a sneak preview of how the global finger-pointing might shift through disinformation should the crisis deepen.
Mercifully, Chinese authorities are taking full responsibility thus far, although without being definitive about the virus' origins, and U.S. officials thus far have praised the efforts.
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