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Globalism is dead, long live the new nation state

4 April 2020

5:00 AM

4 April 2020

5:00 AM

We all know the supposed ancient Chinese curse “may you live in interesting times”. As the first quarter of 2020 draws to a close, the world as we know it is certainly experiencing “interesting times” with the dramatic spread across the globe of another product of Chinese origin — coronavirus.

Whole nations are being forced into lockdown as executive government scrambles to slow the spread of this disease.

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