The first country globally to ban mainland residents due to fear of contagion was the old friend of the People’s Republic of China: North Korea!
The first country globally to announce sharing rapid coronavirus detection technology with the mainland was China’s trade war opponent: the United States!
Mask prices that didn’t rise but fell, and were even offered free to support mainland recovery, came from people who have been enemies of China for nearly a century: Japan!
A newly developed viral inhibitor being rushed to mainland China came from a country thousands of miles away: Germany!
When mainland faced national disaster, the government that issued direct orders prohibiting mask sales and restricting mask carrying to the mainland was the one closest to mainland China, Taiwan!
The Democratic Progressive Party is really good at elections. Originally, Taiwan had a large supply of masks from mainland China, but they created a feint with surface-level posturing, forcefully using government power to ban exports to the mainland. After green minds washed the narrative, the professional issue of the coronavirus pandemic became a brainless political confrontation.