China fears alienation from new global economic order

One of China's top trade negotiators warned that his country's handling of the coronavirus pandemic could lead to alienation from the new global economic order. Long Yongtu, the former vice-minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation who helped secure China a place at the World Trade Organization in 2001 added to growing concern in Beijing over the long-term fallout. "China is an important participant in globalisation,” Long said at an online finance summit. "When people begin to talk about ‘deglobalisation,’ it also indicates some level of ‘de-sinicisation.’ Therefore, we need to be highly wary of that."

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