The country is appealing for sympathy while attacking those who blame its leadership for making the situation worse.
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In China’s War on the Coronavirus, a Community Is Besieged
The people of Zuoling, a suburb of Wuhan, have gone through a gamut of emotions as the epidemic raged: from complacency, to alarm, and finally, to anger.
China Sentences Hong Kong Bookseller Gui Minhai to 10 Years in Prison
Mr. Gui, a Chinese-born Swedish citizen, ran a publishing house that appeared to anger the Communist Party
Businesses ‘Getting Killed’ on Russian Border as Coronavirus Fears Rise
No one in a Russian city 600 yards from China has been infected as yet, but businesses are shriveling and China’s image as a benign force is being eclipsed by a more anxious vision.
Coronavirus Worsens U.S.-China Ties and Bolsters Hawks in Washington
But if hard-liners in the U.S. administration were hoping for a united, anti-China message from Washington, that goal has been undermined by President Trump.
U.S. Designates China’s Official Media as Operatives of the Communist State
The move is the latest in the Trump administration’s efforts to counter Beijing’s influence and intelligence operations in the United States.
Battling Coronavirus, China Signals Delay of Its Top Party Gathering
The likely postponement of the most important spectacle on China’s political calendar reflects the Communist Party’s growing anxiety over the epidemic.
How China Tracked Detainees and Their Families
A leaked government document shows how people were monitored and selected for internment camps in Xinjiang.
China’s Leader, Under Fire, Says He Led Coronavirus Fight Early On
Xi Jinping was aware of the outbreak nearly two weeks before he first spoke publicly about it. It could draw him directly into questions about whether officials did too little, too late.
China’s Doctors, Fighting the Coronavirus, Beg for Masks
Confronting a viral epidemic with a scant supply of protective equipment, more than 1,700 Chinese medical workers have already been infected, and six have died.