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TOKYO/TAIPEI/SEOUL -- The world's economy relies on China to a degree never seen before, and the coronavirus outbreak reveals just how large a price must be paid for that dependence.
Today, China accounts for twice as large a proportion of global trade than when the SARS epidemic erupted in 2003, and the country's influence is set to carry on growing.
