Doctors and paramedics from China wave on a Red Cross vehicle after arriving at Malpensa airport, Milan, on March 18, part of a team of 37 and a shipment of 20,000 tonnes of equipment sent to help Italy. Photo: AP Doctors and paramedics from China wave on a Red Cross vehicle after arriving at Malpensa airport, Milan, on March 18, part of a team of 37 and a shipment of 20,000 tonnes of equipment sent to help Italy. Photo: AP
Doctors and paramedics from China wave on a Red Cross vehicle after arriving at Malpensa airport, Milan, on March 18, part of a team of 37 and a shipment of 20,000 tonnes of equipment sent to help Italy. Photo: AP
Raffaello Pantucci
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Raffaello Pantucci

How China’s coronavirus medical diplomacy is failing to win over the world

  • Forget Pax Sinica, China’s medical outreach is struggling to attract new friends. And even though Russia and Iran, its closest allies, may be on the same page, underlying tensions remain. There is a global leadership gap but Beijing is not filling it

Raffaello Pantucci
Raffaello Pantucci

Updated: 3:53am, 4 Apr, 2020

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Doctors and paramedics from China wave on a Red Cross vehicle after arriving at Malpensa airport, Milan, on March 18, part of a team of 37 and a shipment of 20,000 tonnes of equipment sent to help Italy. Photo: AP Doctors and paramedics from China wave on a Red Cross vehicle after arriving at Malpensa airport, Milan, on March 18, part of a team of 37 and a shipment of 20,000 tonnes of equipment sent to help Italy. Photo: AP
Doctors and paramedics from China wave on a Red Cross vehicle after arriving at Malpensa airport, Milan, on March 18, part of a team of 37 and a shipment of 20,000 tonnes of equipment sent to help Italy. Photo: AP
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Raffaello Pantucci

Raffaello Pantucci

Raffaello Pantucci is a senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London and a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) in Singapore. His work focuses on terrorism, counter-terrorism and China's Eurasian relations. He has a forthcoming book on China's relations with Central Asia and most of his work can be found at raffaellopantucci.com. Prior to Covid-19, he spent a good portion of his time traversing the Eurasian continent seeking understanding about the new continental dynamics.