The Covid-19 crisis has starkly highlighted China's strengths and weaknesses.
Which other country has the political will and capability to quarantine a province of 60 million? Which other country could build a new hospital in 10 days? But it also has to be asked: Why were such drastic measures and Herculean efforts necessary in the first place?
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