China stands strong in the face of Covid-19

In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, medical workers in protective suits help transfer the first group of patients into the newly-completed Huoshenshan temporary field hospital in Wuhan on Feb 4. (Inset) The hospital was just a site full of bulldozers as recently as Jan 24. — Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua/AP

AS an observer of international relations based in Beijing, I would like to present to Malaysian readers China’s perspective on the battle against Covid-19.

China is a civilisation with a history that goes back 5,000 years – years in which there have been many trials and tribulations, naturally. And through it all, the country has always emerged strongly.