You cannot hide the cases with such a very vicious virus.

Hello and welcome to the GZero World Podcast.

Here you'll find extended versions of the interviews from my show on public television.

I'm Ian Bremmer, and today I'm offering a rare insight into a crisis that's left thousands

dead and forced tens of millions into quarantine, a view from the Chinese government.

And joining me is China's ambassador to the United States, Sui Tang Kai.

We'll talk outbreaks, strategy, and China's role in a G-Zero world order.

Let's get started.

China's ambassador of the United States, Swaytan Kai, great to be with you.

So nice to see you again, Mr. Primer.

And there's so many things I want to ask you about.

Maybe I will start kind of broadly with the fact that China has, of course, been looking down the barrel of the most serious crisis that we've experienced since World

War II.

You started with the initial explosion.

We're now facing it in the United States and about to see the kind of numbers that we never

thought we would have to.

Tell us a little bit to start how you think China looks right now.

I think maybe everybody in the world was caught quite unprepared by this pandemic, by this virus.

I don't think anybody knew anything about it just a few months ago.

So it was a painful process of discovering more, learning more about this virus, and knowing how to deal with it.

I think this is a challenge for all of us.

Of course, we maybe were one of the first to handle this critical situation.

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