Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 21, 2021

Jane McMullen, BBC: Covid-19: Five days that shaped the outbreak  A year ago, the Chinese government locked down the city of Wuhan.  For weeks beforehand officials had maintained that the outbreak was under control - just a few dozen cases linked to a live animal market.  But in fact the virus had been spreading throughout the city and around China.  This is the story of five critical days early in the outbreak.  Read more ....   Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 21, 2021  What's at stake for China ” and the world ” as WHO scientists piece together Covid's origins -- Denise Chow and Keir Simmons and Amy Perrette, NBC  Germany has 50,000 Covid dead. Tragically, that's a relative success story -- Peter Kuras, The Guardian   'Humiliation': French see Covid-19 vaccine flops as sign of decline -- France 24  2021 Access to Medicine Index: No profit, no pharma? -- Zulfikar Abbany, DW  What to do and what not to do in the Middle East -- Tamara Cofman Wittes, Brookings  Xi reads multilateral riot act to virtual Davos -- Pepe Escobar, Asia Times  Why China's Economy Isn't as Healthy as It Looks -- Freddie Hayward, New Statesman  China is building border walls with Vietnam and Myanmar to keep people out, but also in -- Iris Zhao, ABC News (Australia)  Biden and Xi fire hot first salvos over Taiwan -- Richard Javad Heydarian, Asia Times Arab Spring, European Winter -- H.A. Hellyer, Politico EU  Egypt's revolution, 10 years on: What happened to 'bread, freedom & social justice'? -- France 24  Where Biden Should Be More Like Trump -- Brahma Chellaney, Proejct Syndicate  Can President Joe Biden return the US pivot to Asia? -- Wesley Rahn, DW  Why the US Hispanic conservative movement is surging ” even without Trump -- Salena Zito, NYPost  The next pandemic may be cyber ” How Biden administration can stop it -- Jamil Farshchi and Samantha F. Ravich, The Hill

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