I think China is so smart because they thought it would create a pandemic that collapse in other rich countries. They know how can they survive the virus they are created, so they can rise quickly and when that happens they will surely reign.
not as easy as you imagine what you said, until now it has not been proven that China has indeed created the corona pandemic. if initially the pandemic certainly can not be denied, it originated from China, it is very unfortunate that the pandemic cannot be clearly informed. so that many countries are shocked because the corona pandemic is so contagious.
I am also not convinced that with this Corona pandemic that China will be able to recover quickly and be able to control the world economy by getting rid of the US. because we also have to admit that China is indeed economically quite advanced, all fields are dominated, especially for the price of goods that are known to be cheap.
but each country has its own advantages and cannot always be controlled by China, the strengths of each country will be different to dominate the market share.
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