--- title: February 17th, 2020 | Vol. 195, No. 6 | U.S. description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/magazine/us/5778979/february-17th-2020-vol-195-no-6-u-s/ og:title: February 17th, 2020 | Vol. 195, No. 6 | U.S. og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/magazine/us/5778979/february-17th-2020-vol-195-no-6-u-s/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt984babdb6ecf28a9/698a09cf656a3f0a98bd9a0e/TIM200217v1_China.Cover_.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2363 og:image:height: 1329 og:image:alt: China Virus Xi Jinping Time Magazine Cover 200217 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: February 17th, 2020 | Vol. 195, No. 6 | U.S. twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt984babdb6ecf28a9/698a09cf656a3f0a98bd9a0e/TIM200217v1_China.Cover_.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Back to the vault # February 17, 2020 | Vol. 195 No. 6February 17, 2020 | Vol. 195 No. 6  Issue name February 17th, 2020 | Vol. 195, No. 6 | U.S. Issue date February 17, 2020 Location U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Asia, South Pacific, North America, South America Related categories [World](/vault/subject/world/) [Science](/vault/subject/science/) [Health & Medicine](/vault/subject/health-medicine/) [Asia](/vault/subject/asia/) [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents EntertainmentIdeasPoliticsU.S.World ### Entertainment [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Walter Isaacson on How Book Editor Alice Mayhew Shaped Stories Like _All the President's Men_ Insiders' edition [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### 'I Knew Inevitably It Would Betray You.' James Taylor on Avoiding the Trap of Celebrity At 71, James Taylor looks back-- and settles in for an encore [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### _Birds of Prey_ Proves the Feminist Revolution in Franchise Films Is Going to Be an Uphill Battle [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Jenny Offill's _Weather_ Is a Doomsday Novel We All Can Relate to [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Syrian Documentary Filmmaker Waad al-Kateab Journeys Through Life and Loss in Oscar-Nominated _For Sama_ The Syrian documentary filmmaker on journeying through life and loss in her Oscar-nominated For Sama ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Early Detection Is Key to Combating the Spread of Coronavirus [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### What Ebola Teaches Us About Controlling Coronavirus [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### How the Coronavirus Epidemic Could Upend the Global Economy ### Politics [Politics](/section/politics/) ### Forget Iowa. The Democrats Now Have Bigger 2020 Problems Caucus confusion clouds the search for a nominee ### U.S. [U.S.](/section/us/) ### ‘I Need to Continue to Be Active.’ Why Americans Are Retiring Later Than Ever ### World [World](/section/world/) ### The Coronavirus Outbreak Could Derail Xi Jinping’s Dreams of a Chinese Century The coronavirus outbreak presents the greatest threat yet to Xi Jinping's ambition for a Chinese century ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"February 17th, 2020 | Vol. 195, No. 6 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/5778979/february-17th-2020-vol-195-no-6-u-s/"}]}]} ```