https://www.scmp.com/rss/505403/feed Vali Nasr is Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A pandemic is enveloping the world, endangering the lives and livelihoods of millions of people, and US President Donald Trump is thinking about how to get the upper hand vis-à-vis China. But his obsession with winning this great power competition – exemplified by his administration’s petty insistence on calling Covid-19 the “Chinese virus” or the “Wuhan virus” – is making victory less likely every day. Nobody doubts that the coronavirus disease, Covid-19, first appeared in China. Nor does... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3077776/trump-losing-coronavirus-blame-game-china-and-its-costing-american?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3077776/trump-losing-coronavirus-blame-game-china-and-its-costing-american?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Apr 2020 05:00:12 +0000