Jane McMullen, BBC: Covid-19: Five days that shaped the outbreak
A year ago, the Chinese government locked down the city of Wuhan.
For weeks beforehand officials had maintained that the outbreak was under control - just a few dozen cases linked to a live animal market.
But in fact the virus had been spreading throughout the city and around China.
This is the story of five critical days early in the outbreak.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 21, 2021
What's at stake for China — and the world — as WHO scientists piece together Covid's origins -- Denise Chow and Keir Simmons and Amy Perrette, NBC
Germany has 50,000 Covid dead. Tragically, that's a relative success story -- Peter Kuras, The Guardian
2021 Access to Medicine Index: No profit, no pharma? -- Zulfikar Abbany, DW
What to do – and what not to do – in the Middle East -- Tamara Cofman Wittes, Brookings
Xi reads multilateral riot act to virtual Davos -- Pepe Escobar, Asia Times
Why China's Economy Isn't as Healthy as It Looks -- Freddie Hayward, New Statesman
China is building border walls with Vietnam and Myanmar to keep people out, but also in -- Iris Zhao, ABC News (Australia)
Biden and Xi fire hot first salvos over Taiwan -- Richard Javad Heydarian, Asia Times
Arab Spring, European Winter -- H.A. Hellyer, Politico EU
Where Biden Should Be More Like Trump -- Brahma Chellaney, Proejct Syndicate
Can President Joe Biden return the US pivot to Asia? -- Wesley Rahn, DW
Why the US Hispanic conservative movement is surging — even without Trump -- Salena Zito, NYPost
The next pandemic may be cyber — How Biden administration can stop it -- Jamil Farshchi and Samantha F. Ravich, The Hill
