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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

Trump and Biden Face Off Over China and the Coronavirus

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

President, Wickenden, Washington, Lizza, Obama, Wnyc, News, Barack, Politics

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Around the world, COVID-19 is fundamentally altering politics. In China, the Communist Party is lauding its handling of the crisis and spreading disinformation about the virus in the U.S. And, as attacks on Chinese-Americans increase, the Biden and Trump campaigns accuse each other of being overly cozy with Beijing. Evan Osnos joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss how the coronavirus is affecting the course of the 2020 Presidential election.

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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and guests about

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politics. It's Thursday, April 23rd. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker.

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The first case of COVID-19 was reported in China in late December.

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The casualties since then have been so vast, they're hard to fathom.

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The virus has infected at least 2.5 million people in 185 countries, killing more than 175,000.

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The U.S., which has been hit the hardest, has more than 830,000 reported cases,

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and more than 47,000 people have died. Politicians in the U.S. are desperately searching for

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answers and others to blame. Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden have launched attack ads focusing on China.

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Trump's ad accuses Biden of protecting China's feelings and looking out for his own financial

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