Max Fisher of the New York Times on media coverage of China, COVID-19, and Trump

This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Max Fisher, one of The Interpreter columnists for the New York Times, on what U.S. media coverage got right — and wrong — about the outbreak of COVID-19 in China, and the concerning parallels between 2002 and 2020. 8:33: American media coverage of the outbreak 15:14: Dehumanizing the disease in China 22:17: The role of the media in American political discourse 39:11: Moving the American consensus point on China Recommendations: Max: The Farewell, by Lulu Wang.  Kaiser: Eternal Life: A Novel, by Dara Horn.

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A weekly discussion of current affairs in China with journalists, writers, academics, policymakers, business people and anyone with something compelling to say about the country that's reshaping the world. Hosted by Kaiser Kuo.