The world, the civilized world, well the world which believes in a system of democracy, human rights and equal justice has had a love-hate relationship with China.
The governments believe China must be held accountable, punished even in order to pressure the Chinese government to abide by democratic norms.
Ironically, businesses in those democratic countries love to run to China for cheap labor; translation, those businesses want to make more profits.
It's difficult for either side to gain any ground on the other; both sides tend to lose if they strain the relation, a dilemma governments have been trying to figure out how to deal with for many decades.
In the meantime, China has been exporting cheap goods to every corner of the world while supplying cheap labor to businesses of developing countries.
With the breakout of the corona virus, the world's calculus has changed; everyone hits pause on Chinese goods for fear of importing something extra for which the price could be very exorbitant.
No one wants to get the virus, even if it's free.
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