How China is losing the world’s trust following its cover-up of the coronavirus crisis | South China Morning Post

How China is losing the world’s trust following its cover-up of the coronavirus crisis | South China Morning Post: Beijing failed to go public with the true scale of the pandemic, hampering other nations’ ability to respond in time. China’s rise on the global stage was made possible by the goodwill of the rest of the world, and trust that had been hard earned should not be so easily squandered.