As US-China rivalry heightens, the coronavirus pandemic could tilt global power in Beijing's favor
for its initial response to the outbreak, which was criticized as slow and non-transparent.
Kaho Yu, senior Asia analyst at Verisk Maplecroft, pointed to three factors: Beijing's "aggressive global propaganda campaign promoting China's role in suppressing the virus," a looming global recession that will sap the appetite of many leaders to blame their biggest trade partner for how it handled the outbreak; and the pandemic "underscoring the absence of American leadership on the global stage.
Those three factors, the firm said, may result in "China's power and influence increasing," although it stressed it is still too early to tell.
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