From US lawyers to a German newspaper, Western calls for accountability on the part of the Chinese Communist Party are growing.
Thousands of Americans have reportedly signed onto a class action lawsuit in the US state of Florida which seeks compensation from the Chinese Government for COVID-19 damages, as Western politicians increasingly call for accountability.
Breaking down the latest news and research to understand how the world is living through an epidemic, this is the ABC's Coronacast podcast. Experts say that China's rigid controls on information, bureaucratic hurdles and a reluctance to send bad news up the chain of command muffled early warnings.We're not going to be able to manufacture everything that we want in Australia, but I want us to be in a position where we can manufacture everything we need
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