TOKYO -- As the official name COVID-19 suggests, the coronavirus disease raging across the world originated in 2019.
President Xi Jinping had warned Communist Party cadres of black swans and gray rhinos a year ago, as China headed into a year ending with a "9." (Nikkei Montage/ Source photos by Reuters, Getty Images and Xinhua/Kyodo)
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