The American media insinuated that unlike the US , Taiwan and other Asian countries had handled fighting the 2020 coronavirus well .
South Korean news started to emphasize the ROC 's mask policies , including its ban on mask exports and mask selling policies , while criticizing the South Korean government for being too slow to react. U.S . newspapers and magazines have suggested that the ROC alongside the rest of East Asia has done a better job at combating the coronavirus than the U.S. , and mentioned how the ROC government has banned the export of masks and boosted mask production.
2020 coronavirus pandemic in Taiwan