The Arsenal of Medicine

05/08/20 • 19 min

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China is the undisputed source of a catastrophic global pandemic. Its leadership now faces the worst public relations disaster in the history of the People’s Republic. Fixing the pandemic may be beyond China’s capacity but its leaders can try to change the narrative. They tried to morph from the source of the problem into part of the solution. In this episode we talk about China’s mask diplomacy. What are its goals and motivations? What does it look like on the ground and is it working? Tune in to find out.

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