In the aftermath of the Coronavirus pandemic, the world may be headed toward another major confrontation. The actions of the United States in moving closer to India, Japan and Australia (the ‘QUAD’), as well as moving to supply nuclear attack submarines to Australia as part of the ‘AUKUS’ alliance with the UK suggest a robust preparation to confront China. Certainly Beijing is widely blamed for, at the very least, not doing enough to contain the pandemic before it began, and