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Khizer Ali submitted an assignment on the effects of COVID-19 on world politics for his Pakistan Studies class taught by Mam Maria Bilal. The assignment discusses how the coronavirus has had vast human and economic tolls, with over 100,000 cases worldwide and China's economy reduced to a fraction of its usual level due to quarantines. Politically, leaders like Trump, Abe, and Moon have faced criticism for their handling of the outbreak, and it could threaten Trump's re-election or force Abe from office early. While China's aggressive quarantine may defeat the virus, it has come at an economic cost and uncertainty around returning China's economy to its previous growth rate.

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Assignment: Name: Roll No: Submitted To: Subject: Department: Section

Khizer Ali submitted an assignment on the effects of COVID-19 on world politics for his Pakistan Studies class taught by Mam Maria Bilal. The assignment discusses how the coronavirus has had vast human and economic tolls, with over 100,000 cases worldwide and China's economy reduced to a fraction of its usual level due to quarantines. Politically, leaders like Trump, Abe, and Moon have faced criticism for their handling of the outbreak, and it could threaten Trump's re-election or force Abe from office early. While China's aggressive quarantine may defeat the virus, it has come at an economic cost and uncertainty around returning China's economy to its previous growth rate.

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Assignment

Name: Khizer Ali


Roll No: 19102018-060
Submitted to: Mam Maria Bilal
Subject: Pakistan Studies
Department: ADP (A&F)
Section: Blue
Effects of covid 19 to the world politics
Nearly 100000 people worldwide have been diagnosed with COVID -19, the new coronavirus
ssthat emerged in Wuhan, china in late 2019. The human toll of the new virus has already been
vast, with 3300 deaths worldwide attributed to the virus and probably at least hundreds more that
were unknowingly caused by undiagnosed infections.

The most obvious economic effect of the virus is in China, which from late January has
implemented an extraordinary quarantine, the likes of which had not been seen for decades. Not
only Wuhan a city of over 10 million people but much of the country was subjected to quarantine
of varying severity, preventing work and travel. In February, according to recently released data,
Chinese economic activity was only a fraction of its usual level. As the world’s second largest
economy, a crisis in China is guaranteed to have a global effect.

Political Impact
The political effects of the coronavirus in advanced economic could be as
substantial as the economic effects. Leaders from South Korean president Moon Jae-in, Japanese
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and U.S. President Donald Trump have been sharply criticized for
mishandling the virus and allowing cases to increase. Speculation is growing that Prime Minister
Abe may be forced to leave office earlier than expected, while if the coronavirus causes an
economic slowdown or recession in the United States, then it could reduce the chances that
President Trump is reelected. President Moon meanwhile faces a petition signed by hundreds of
thousands of citizens to remove him from office. Taiwan seems to be the only country where the
government’s approval rating has increased, thanks to deft handling of the virus by the Tsai Ing-
wen administration.

It has now been several weeks since Xi Jinping called for a full-scale resumption of economic
activity, yet the economy is still working below normal capacity. Moreover, the methods by
which Beijing is trying to restart the economy encouraging local governments and state owned
firms to borrow and spend more only exacerbate existing problems of excessive indebtedness
and inefficiency. It is not guaranteed that China’s economy returns to its previous pattern of 6%
annual growth and if it does, this may be achieved only by a new, destabilizing debt binge that
further entrenches the role of inefficient stat-owned firms in China’s economy. China’s
quarantine treatment looks likely to succeed in defeating the virus, but it comes with
economically painful side effects.

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