Covid 19 and the USA- China Relationship

Willie Mandigo

Abstract


The origins of the covid virus have not been empirically identified and different theories have since been proffered. One of these is the belief that the virus was a deliberate biological attack on China by the USA in order to scuttle China’s economic domination of the Asian region and ultimately the whole international arena. This paper sought to analyse the validity of this theory. The paper evaluated both USA and China’s national interests, and the means available towards their achievement under the auspices of the theory concerning the origins of the covid virus.

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national interests, covid virus

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33172/jdp.v8i1.887

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