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President Donald Trump during a news conference in the White House briefing room on Monday, April 6, 2026. (Getty Images)
China
China
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Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, China on March 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi via Getty Images)
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Tedros Adhanom, Director General of the World Health Organization shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting at the Great Hall of the People, on January 28, 2020 in Beijing, China. (Naohiko Hatta/Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, hears a report on the scientific research on COVID-19, March 2, 2020. (Getty Images)
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang speaks during the daily press briefing in Beijing on March 18, 2020. (GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping chairs a teleconference after the field inspection of Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the global coronavirus pandemic, on March 10, 2020. (Ju Peng/Xinhua via Getty)
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A large screen in the street shows Chinese president Xi Jinping wearing a protective mask during his visit to Wuhan earlier in the day, the epicentre of the coronavirus, on CCTV's evening newscast on March 10, 2020 in Beijing, China.
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
Senior Fellow
