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The coronavirus pandemic is fast becoming an argument for socialism
Even bitter enemies of China and Cuba concede that their Covid-19 responses have been heroic, writes ZOLTAN ZIGEDY

NOTHING exposes the hypocrisy, arrogance and selfishness of capitalism and its backers like a major threat or catastrophe.
Three-hundred Chinese doctors began arriving in Italy on Wednesday March 18 to help the local effort against the coronavirus (52 health professionals also arrived from socialist Cuba last week).
In addition, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is sending testing kits and protective clothing. PRC has sent kits and gear to Spain, Greece and Poland as well.
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