"They started the virus"...to my ear, the word choice of "Started" implies an 'action' on the part of the Chinese government to initiate this virus...I asked if you believed this to be the case and you were non-committal...
The subsequent post is all about the need for international cooperation...and save for China's initial failure to "come clean", they have cooperated very well (e.g. quick dissemination of the genetic code for COVID-19)...and the 'trailer' takeaway was my attempt to encourage more support for that type of behavior...as opposed to what I would call the pejorative innuendo of "China Virus"...now I could be very wrong about that assessment, and those who speak in such terms are only trying to correctly identify the location of COVID-19's start with absolutely no intent to disparage China...only they know the answer to that question.
As for "China" in the broadest sense...they are a totalitarian government that is anathema to everything that a democracy like ours stands for...yet, they are being swayed our way by recognizing the positive values of Capitalism and becoming willing partners with us in the economic sphere. Hopefully, we will play our cards right by maintaining strong alliances with the democratic countries of the Pacific Rim (and all other countries of the world that interact with China) so as to give us leverage in dealing with them and helping them see the benefits of not only open markets, but also open societies like ours that support open discussions/disagreements...sort of like what we're doing...do we agree on this much?
BTW, I certainly don't care for China's ability and choice to use such force in restricting all movement by its citizens...nonetheless, those actions are stark examples of the logic and effectiveness behind our HC guidelines of "social distancing, mask wearing, etc."...if the U.S. populace would voluntarily join together and all follow those admonitions, we'd be celebrating New Years in Times Square too...but we're not and are now approaching 4,000 deaths per day.
Hope you avail yourself of Fareed Zakaria's book...I'll no doubt drop a few more passages for discussion purposes.