Top officials at the World Health Organization held their final briefing of the year Monday, warning that COVID-19 should serve as a “wake up call” and that the world should prepare a possibly more severe pandemic in the future. Plus, what impact will two acts in the new U.S. government funding bill have on Sino-U.S. relations? And what impact has the pandemic had on the film industry?

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