The Economist (April 30)
China cannot keep fighting a “forever war.” The nation’s “martial rhetoric will not help it defeat covid. And “victory, as Xi Jinping defines it” in terms of defeating or containing covid will only prove “an elusive goal…. Most countries have accepted that covid cannot be eradicated.” China, too, must learn “to live with the virus.”
Tags: China, Containing, Covid, Defeat, Elusive, Eradicated, Forever war, Live with, Martial rhetoric, Victory, Virus, Xi
New York Times (July 7)
Germany has fallen “back in love with Angela Merkel.” She has recovered from “crushing defeats in regional elections” in 2018. Successfully containing “the pandemic has burnished the chancellor’s reputation as one of the country’s best leaders.”
Tags: Burnished, Containing, Crushing, Defeats, Elections, Germany, Love, Merkel, Pandemic, Recovered, Successful
