MONDAY 13 JULY 2020 As the world fights Covid-19, China bashing hurts everybody By ASHTON NG THE NEW YORK TIMES A guard on March 18, 2020, at the entrance of a checkpoint in Beijing where neighborhood residents must show they are healthy. Published 26 MARCH, 2020 UPDATED 11 JUNE, 2020 812 Shares      When 2020 began, eerily shadowing the coronavirus epidemic in Wuhan was a global outbreak of conspiracy theories. The World Health Organization (WHO) termed this an “infodemic” that “spreads faster and more easily than this virus, and is just as dangerous”. But the WHO’s warning was ignored by non-scientific, China-bashing commentators. GE2020 Singapore World Big Read Opinion Gen Y Speaks Features Visuals Brand Spotlight 8 DAYS 