China is making the most of the coronavirus to dislodge the US as the world’s main superpower

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• Since the coronavirus pandemic swept the world, China has been aggressively pushing its foreign policy agenda.
• The moves China has made include strengthening its claim of sovereignty over islands in the South China Sea, cracking down on protesters in Hong Kong, and intimidating Taiwan with military procedures.
• China is also using its wealth to push its agenda. It pledged funding to the World Health Organization after the US announced it was freezing funding, and it is providing relief on loans to African countries struggling with the downturn, while national assets are expected to be put up as collateral.
• One of the reasons for this is that China wants to dislodge the US from its position as a superpower while strengthening its own global position. 
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China is aggressively pushing its foreign policy agenda while the world is focused on the coronavirus. 

In recent months, as the coronavirus, which originated from Wuhan, China, spreads, the government led by President Xi Jinping has tried to strengthen its position around the world, while trying to dislodge the US from its position as a superpower.

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