While the world fights the coronavirus pandemic, China is fighting a propaganda war. Beijings war aim is simple: shift away from China all blame for the...
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"At stake is China’s global reputation, as well as the potential of a fundamental shift away from China for trade and manufacturing."
"The communist government instead is claiming that it has largely controlled the epidemic, even as it suspiciously now blames “foreign arrivals” for new cases of virus.
Leaked video from China shows huge lines at a hospital in Chongqing, for example, raising questions about just what is happening around the country. "
"Chinese state media is
praising the government’s “effective, responsible governance," but the truth is that Beijing is culpable for the spread of the pathogen around China and the world. Chinese officials knew about the new virus back in December, and did nothing to warn their citizens or impose measures to curb it early on."
"That carefully tended image is now cracked. Those concerned with global health issues may wonder why it is that China is wracked regularly by viral epidemics in addition to coronavirus, such as SARS,
African Swine Fever, and
avian flu (another outbreak is happening right now). Others may begin to look more carefully at China’s environmental devastation and the hundreds of thousands of premature
deaths each year from air and water pollution."
