CHINA, UNITED STATES, COVID-19 AND THE LONG-STANDING QUESTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: PROBLEMS OF A DICHOTOMOUS APPROACH

The paper aims to argue that the conflictual debate on human rights between China and United States is characterized by a dichotomous approach which still reflects a Cold War logic and can have a detrimental impact on the full understanding of social, economic, political processes which are undergoing during our age. The argument has been built through a case-study on US-China public discourses on COVID-19 and human rights, which posits that a dichotomous approach has pre-vented an objective reading of the pandemic processes underway and thus influenced the health crisis’ management on both sides. © Viella s.r.l. & Associazione Asia Maior.