Conspiracy?

If one were to indulge in conspiracy theories surrounding the current coronavirus pandemic, one would have to wander into the mind of Xi Jinping. There one might find his realization that President Trump is playing for keeps .... and has managed in just a few short years to slow the juggernaught that was his China. And this needs to be reversed before China’s quest for world domination is sidetracked.

Now the Chinese are used to thinking in terms of big ideas and centuries, not years ... and so the Wuhan virus might fit such long-term thinking very neatly.

For what asset does China have that neither the U.s. nor Russia can duplicate? People. And, other than a thermonuclear war, how could China best utilize this resource to deplete its adversaries of their human resources ... even at the cost of big chunks out of its own population?

You got it pilgrim ...