SHANGHAI: Xinhua has reported that the fact that the spread of the novel coronavirus has been effectively contained in China is a demonstration of the country's ability to handle a public health crisis, a US economist and China expert has said.
In a recent interview with Xinhua, Stephen Roach (pic), a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute of Global Affairs, said he expects the qualitative -- rather than quantitative -- aspects of economic development to gain more discussion at the ongoing "two sessions" in China, namely, the third session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the third session of the 13th National People's Congress.