Now its time for dateline london. Hello, and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week, coronavirus or credibility shock. Which is more dangerous to chinas communist leaders . And was president trumps perfect week the starting gun to a perfect year . My guests today american journalist and author jef mcallister, David Aaronovitch of the london times, Maria Margaronis of us news weekly the nation irish broadcaster brian oconnell. Its been another grim week in the battle against coronavirus, ever more infections, deaths, lockdowns and economic damage. But for chinas political leaders possibly the worst headline of the week was the loss of one wuhan doctor. In late december li wenliang had tried to warn about the virus but police accused him of disturbing social order. As usual, the political system censored bad news. Mr lis death now draws attention to an uncomfortable question should china have acted sooner . Maria, start us off. I think it is clear china should have acted
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