Hannan Hussain is a security analyst at the London School of Economics - South Asia Centre, and author. He is also an international affairs commentator for The Diplomat magazine.
The US drastically reduced its CDC personnel in Beijing shortly before the outbreak, hampering its disease prevention apparatus, and its officials seem ill informed. China shared the coronavirus genome sequence early on and has extended help to many countries.
US warnings of debt trap, job losses and economic toll will go unheeded as Pakistan soaks up China’s concessionary loans in a project that aims to fundamentally improve its economic prospects.