Angela Merkel “has done what Mr. Trump has not. She has been clear and honest about the risks with voters and swift in her response...A trained physicist, she has followed scientific advice and learned from best practice elsewhere.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/world/europe/coronavirus-american-exceptionalism.html?smid=tw-share
‘Sadness’ and Disbelief From a World Missing American Leadership

The coronavirus pandemic is shaking bedrock assumptions about U.S. exceptionalism. This is perhaps the first global crisis in more than a century where no one is even looking for Washington to lead.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/world/europe/coronavirus-american-exceptionalism.html?smid=tw-share
Taiwan is turning its “success in battling the coronavirus at home into a geopolitical win...The island is promoting itself as a model of democracy to try to undercut China’s own campaign to use the crisis to tout the strength of its authoritarian system.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/world/asia/coronavirus-china-taiwan.amp.html
Coronavirus Crisis Offers Taiwan a Chance to Push Back Against China

Saying “Taiwan Can Help,” the island is resisting China’s efforts to isolate the self-ruling democracy that Beijing claims as its territory.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/world/asia/coronavirus-china-taiwan.amp.html
New Zealand may succeed in eliminating the coronavirus https://time.com/5825390/new-zealand-coronavirus/
‘Go Hard and Go Early.’ Experts Believe New Zealand Could Succeed in Eliminating COVID-19

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern put the nation under lockdown when only about 100 people had tested positive for the virus

https://time.com/5825390/new-zealand-coronavirus/
Germany, Taiwan and New Zealand — all multi-party democracies with high levels of public trust in their governments -- have contained the pandemic through early, scientific intervention. They are also all led by women. Read my CNN op-ed: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/asia/women-government-leaders-coronavirus-hnk-intl/index.html
Women leaders are doing a disproportionately great job at handling the pandemic. So why aren't...

The success of these and other women-led governments in dealing with a global pandemic is all the more noteworthy, given that women make up less than 7% of world leaders.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/asia/women-government-leaders-coronavirus-hnk-intl/index.html
Meanwhile, many countries led by incompetent, science-denialist men have led to catastrophic coronavirus outbreaks. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/asia/women-government-leaders-coronavirus-hnk-intl/index.html
Women leaders are doing a disproportionately great job at handling the pandemic. So why aren't...

The success of these and other women-led governments in dealing with a global pandemic is all the more noteworthy, given that women make up less than 7% of world leaders.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/asia/women-government-leaders-coronavirus-hnk-intl/index.html
The success of women-led governments in dealing with a global pandemic is all the more noteworthy, given that women make up less than 7% of world leaders. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/asia/women-government-leaders-coronavirus-hnk-intl/index.html
Women leaders are doing a disproportionately great job at handling the pandemic. So why aren't...

The success of these and other women-led governments in dealing with a global pandemic is all the more noteworthy, given that women make up less than 7% of world leaders.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/asia/women-government-leaders-coronavirus-hnk-intl/index.html
It is long past time for us to recognize that the world is in dire need of more women leaders and equal representation of women at all levels of government. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/asia/women-government-leaders-coronavirus-hnk-intl/index.html
Women leaders are doing a disproportionately great job at handling the pandemic. So why aren't...

The success of these and other women-led governments in dealing with a global pandemic is all the more noteworthy, given that women make up less than 7% of world leaders.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/asia/women-government-leaders-coronavirus-hnk-intl/index.html
At the very least, the disproportionate number of women leaders succeeding in controlling this pandemic should show us that gender equality is critical to global public health and international security. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/asia/women-government-leaders-coronavirus-hnk-intl/index.html
Women leaders are doing a disproportionately great job at handling the pandemic. So why aren't...

The success of these and other women-led governments in dealing with a global pandemic is all the more noteworthy, given that women make up less than 7% of world leaders.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/asia/women-government-leaders-coronavirus-hnk-intl/index.html
Here’s my original thread from April 8, with many more examples: https://twitter.com/letahong/status/1247899934231154688?s=21 https://twitter.com/letahong/status/1247899934231154688
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