China’s Health Diplomacy in the “New-Cold-War” Era: Contrasting the Battle of Narratives in Europe and the Middle East and North Africa

Emilie Tran; Yahia H. Zoubir

doi:10.1007/978-981-19-7681-0_7

China’s Health Diplomacy in the “New-Cold-War” Era: Contrasting the Battle of Narratives in Europe and the Middle East and North Africa

Emilie Tran, Yahia H. Zoubir

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In a keynote speech delivered from Beijing to the World Economic Forum on 17 January 2022, President Xi Jinping declared that “We need to discard the Cold War mentality and seek peaceful coexistence and win–win outcomes”. This statement is illustrative of the heightened geopolitical tensions between China and the West, particularly the United States. The 180-degree turn from “Chimerica” (a neologism coined in 2006 to describe the economically symbiotic relationship between China and the United States) to the “New Cold War” has resulted in a “clash of empires” in the 2010s and 2020s. This chapter examines how the creeping “Cold-War mentality” has spilled over to the global public health sector in the form of cold-war battles of narratives about China and COVID-19.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Asia in the Old and New Cold Wars
Subtitle of host publication	Ideologies, Narratives, and Lived Experiences
Publisher	Springer Singapore
Pages	157-188
Number of pages	32
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811976810
ISBN (Print)	9789811976803
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7681-0_7
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2023

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Asia in the Old and New Cold Wars: Ideologies, Narratives, and Lived Experiences. Springer Singapore, 2023. p. 157-188.

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