Kevin Rudd says China stepping into coronavirus leadership vacuum


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July 13, 2020 0 The global leadership vacuum during the coronavirus crisis is an “open door” for China to walk through, said Kevin Rudd, president of the Asia Society Policy Institute. The former Australian prime minister said the U.S. has presented an opportunity for Beijing to seize global leadership during the pandemic. From China’s perspective, looking “at the debacle of the U.S. domestic management of Covid-19 and the failure of the U.S. to provide global leadership and response to what is a global public health and economic crisis, then it’s very difficult sitting in Beijing not to identify a leadership...