In Xi Jinping’s determination to preserve his public image, he risks losing a rare opportunity to reset ties with the West and make real progress on issues of urgent global concern
After repeated requests from the World Health Organisation , China has started sharing more genetic sequences of the virus from recent cases. According to, an international repository of viral genetic information, China submitted 15 sequences from two regions in the 17 days after lifting its “zero-covid” restrictions on December 7th. By January 9th it had provided 880, covering 11 of its 31 provinces . There was no evidence of new variants.
China’s obfuscation of covid data is stirring memories of how it failed to share relevant information early in the pandemic and how it is still withholding data that could help to trace the origins of the virus. Nor is it lost on many democratic governments that Mr Xi is motivated by a desire to keep portraying his covid strategy as a success—and a demonstration of the superiority of his political model.
But with an American presidential election looming in 2024, any such initiatives could be an even harder sell to America’s public, given the fresh controversy over covid data and travel restrictions. China hawks on both sides of Congress will no doubt be emboldened too, including Kevin McCarthy, the new Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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