“Even the air was thick with anxiety and fear.”
Ding Lijun, a psychologist from Xiamen, Fujian Province that was sent to Hubei Province to assist with the Covid-19 pandemic, calling for more attention to the mental health of critical patients, in a recent interview with news portal The Paper
“How well the pandemic will be controlled is not determined by the country that does it best or earliest, but by the one that does it worst.”
Zhang Wenhong, noted infectious disease expert, calling for international cooperation against the Covid-19 pandemic during a recent interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN)
“Chinese departments covered up some [SARS] cases 17 years ago, but for the current [Covid-19] epidemic, the central government has been totally transparent.”
Zhong Nanshan, infectious disease and Covid-19 expert, during a recent interview with Shenzhen Television
“At a time when solidarity is essential, we need to keep cool heads and clearly say ‘no’ to the folly of fanning racism and xenophobia, and to scapegoating other countries or races.”
Cui Tiankai, Chinese ambassador to the US, calling for Sino-US cooperation against the Covid-19 pandemic in The New York Times
“Wearing a yellow dress with puffy hair’ makes me think of corn!”
Sheng Jun, president of Yunnan Agricultural University, on how the viral song from popular talent reality show Youth With You 2 helped him relate to younger students and encourage them to help farmers increase their revenues through technologies such as livestreaming
“The fundamental antagonism between countries urgently needs to be replaced with cooperation to deal with pandemic diseases that threaten the safety of humans and nature.”
Li Haidong ,a professor at China Foreign Affairs University, in response to Western politicians blaming China for the Covid-19 pandemic, on news commentary WeChat account “Buyidao”
“Do they want China to just stand by and do nothing?”
Hua Chunying ,a spokeswoman of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responding to accusations from Western politicians that China is using its epidemic assistance as a propaganda tool
“The authority of a technical department does not come from political power but from producing world-leading technology. We should leave professional matters to the professionals without any administrative interference that violates objective laws.”
Shao Yiming , a virologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) calling for a scaling back of administration at the China CDC, in a recent interview with financial portal Caixin
“The pandemic merely triggered the fall of the financial markets in the US and Europe. Its root cause was the economic, financial and social fragility of long-term currency overissue.”
Economist Ren Zeping on his public WeChat account
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