One of China's most illustrious emperors was the great Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. He ruled for 61 years, but when he first took the throne as a child, his reign almost ended before it began.
Following the lead taken by some media and other organizations, we are now also referring to the coronavirus as "the CCP virus," as it is the Chinese Communist Party's mismanagement and cover-up that has led to the global pandemic.