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Resilience Amid Challenges

The author is a U.S.-based author, consultant and op-ed contributor to Beijing Review

The growth, scale and scope of the novel coronavirus outbreak in China has become one of the most talked about global subjects.

The virus is first and foremost a domestic health issue for China, with an increasing international potential. President Xi Jinping is leading a national effort to contain the outbreak while scientists and doctors in China and around the world are working to find a vaccine and/or cure.

The first order of business is to ensure the health and wellbeing of Chinese citizens and to prevent the virus from spreading further outside of China. Provincial and

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