Building a new technological relationship and rivalry : US-China Relations in the Aftermath of COVID
Autor
Schmidt, Eric
Institución
Resumen
Containing COVID-19 requires opposite moves. Stopping the virus requires
radical separation—of the sick and the healthy, of communities stricken and
those spared, of nations whose borders are ordinarily open to people and goods.
In a better world, this radical separation would be paired with intense cooperation—cooperation in finding and distributing a vaccine, restarting the world
economy, and pooling resources to prevent future outbreaks. COVID-19 marks
one of the first times that we as a species have faced a sudden global crisis with
modern communications linking us seamlessly together. It could easily be a
unifying moment