WORLD_ DEADLY CORONAVIRUS_ Xi Jinping’s strongman image ‘tarnished’ in the wake of coronavirus outbreak

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Xi Jinping’s strongman image ‘tarnished’ in the wake of coronavirus outbreak

Chinese president Xi Jinping’s reputation has been tarnished over the coronavirus outbreak. It could seriously impact his visions for the world.


Gavin Fernando @gavindfernando
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February 26, 20202:28pm

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Doomsday predictions are spreading untethered online, but experts say there are many ways the virus could play out.


Xi Jinping’s image has been tarnished amid rising fears the novel coronavirus will evolve into a pandemic.

But as the virus continues to spread, with over 80,000 worldwide infections and a rising death toll, experts say the Chinese leader’s response will be to clamp down even tighter.


XI’S IMAGE ‘TARNISHED’ BY CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE


Speaking at the Lowy Institute in Sydney, senior fellow and author of Xi Jinping: The Backlash Richard McGregor said the Chinese leader’s strongman image had been shattered in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

“For Xi Jinping the narrative has been very muddled,” he said. “First he came out and issued a statement, and Wuhan was locked down. Later he came out and said he knew about this on January 7 and instructed the Politburo to do something about it. That’s at a time when we weren’t getting any official announcement at all.

“Initially his approach was what Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping would have been — drift into the background and only re-emerge at a strategic time.

“That narrative has now been thrown out. He had a conference call with 170,000 officials the other day to deliver a message.”


Photo: Chinese president Xi Jinping has gone into damage control amid fears of a coronavirus pandemic. Picture: NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFPSource:AFP

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