China Threatens GOP Lawmakers. Their Responses Are Perfect.

Republican-led efforts to hold China accountable for the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus are being watched closely by the communist regime.

State-run media reported Thursday that Republican lawmakers will “face severe consequences” for speaking out against China, pursuing lawsuits, and pushing “anti-China” legislation.

“Republicans who have been groundlessly accusing China and inflaming the 'holding China accountable' political farce will face severe consequences, sources said, noting that the aftermath will also impact the upcoming November elections, while business and trade between Missouri and China will be further soured,” the Global Times, a branch of the Communist Party of China's People's Daily, wrote in an article.

The article focused on efforts by Missouri’s Attorney General Eric Schmitt who sued the country last month on behalf of the state arguing the communist country is responsible for Missourians’ suffering, death and economic hardship.

"The Chinese government lied to the world about the danger and contagious nature of COVID-19, silenced whistleblowers, and did little to stop the spread of the disease," Schmitt said. "They must be held accountable for their actions."

The article also singled out Sens. Josh Hawley and Tom Cotton and two other members of Congress over legislation that would allow Americans to sue China, saying they will be added to the country’s sanctions list.

Reps. Dan Crenshaw, Chris Smith, Jim Holzapfel, Greg McGuckin and John Catalano as well as Sens. Marsha Blackburn, Rick Scott, Martha McSally, and Lance Gooden were also named in the piece over their support of legislative efforts that would let U.S. citizens sue China.

"We must resolutely hit back at those politicians who, for no reason, undermine China-US ties for their own political benefits. For those who promote anti-China legislation, we need to find out what the business ties are between those officials or their families with China," one research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences told the paper. "We can't just strike back symbolically, but should impose countermeasures that could make them feel the pain.”

Great post that mirrors many of my thoughts.

One should never trade with a communist government that literally owns all the industry in their country, as they will slush their money around to selectively target your most valuable industries, just as they have done to us. Those Lenovo computers with back doors built in the firmware are sold at a net loss, for example, yet our government still allows them to win lowest bid contracts for out agencies.

Only government can stop it, as our companies have to use slave labor themselves to even compete. Unfortunately many of the leaders of our government are so far unwilling to do so.

Great post that mirrors many of my thoughts. One should never trade with a communist government that literally owns all the industry in their country, as they will slush their money around to selectively target your most valuable industries, just as they have done to us. Those Lenovo computers with back doors built in the firmware are sold at a net loss, for example, yet our government still allows them to win lowest bid contracts for out agencies. Only government can stop it, as our companies have to use slave labor themselves to even compete. Unfortunately many of the leaders of our government are so far unwilling to do so.

Partner, even our POTUS tells us not to trade with the Chicoms at all, since they will cheat, steal, copy and lie about what they are doing to our businesses.

Lenovo used to be owned by IBM but they sold it to the Chicoms and now I see they are selling them at Costco , Sams, etc.

We need to have a rule in Congress that we will do like our own Constitution says and that is we need to have American born CEO's.

The foreigner CEO's will not put the interest of our country first and foremost and they do not care about our country.

Our major concern should not be the concern over antibiotics. There are bigger fish in the pond.

In November 2018, Chinese scientist He Jiankui of the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen China announced that he used the gene-editing technique CRISPR-Cas9. CRISPR-Cas9 is a unique technology that enables geneticist and medical researchers to edit parts of the genome by removing, adding, or altering sections of DNA sequences. The invention of CRISPR has made gene editing far easier to successfully use on any type of cell from human to virus. The initial experiments were to create a resistance to HIV thus right in the wheelhouse of virile altering or possibly manufacturing.

The US Director of National Intelligence added gene editing to a list of threats posed by WMD and proliferation back in 2016 when they were still in experimentation.

China is leading the world in biological research and gene editing. Biological weapons are not a thing of science fiction, and China’s alleged program is only the beginning. They currently sell bio weapons to Pakistan (6.57 billion units), Bangladesh (1.99 billion units) and Myanmar (1.28 billion units), according to SIPRI.

One of their biggest buyers is Iran. Besides a full array of conventional weapons, China has provided a range of assistance to Iran’s NBC programs: “China has sent entire factories to Iran for producing chemicals and bio vaccines that can also be used to make poison gas, and tons of industrial chemicals that could be used in making nerve agents and both vaccines and weapons for bio use. State-owned firms in China provided supplies to Iran’s weapons program, including such dual-use items as chemical precursors, production equipment, and production technology. Non-state-owned firms may also have sold chemical and bio related equipment, decontamination agents, and precursors to Iranian military organizations in 1996 and 1997. U.S. intelligence reports leaked to the press indicate China may have sold Iran dual-use equipment and vaccines for biological weapons. And they still sell today.

According to the Rand Corporation, as authored by DANIEL L. BYMAN and ROGER CLIFF in Project Air Force on recommended actions with the increased sale from China to Iran:

“China’s arms sales will continue to make the future security environment more dangerous. Although Beijing’s behavior is improving, continued pressure is necessary to minimize China’s most dangerous sales, particularly those to rogue regimes. China has been, and can be, influenced by U.S. pressure, although some level of sales is likely to continue. Thus, Washington must hedge against the likelihood of sales, developing offsets in concert with allies to minimize danger.”

And as the bucket list of those rogue countries continues to grow in China’s scorecard of sales, we need to stop it now or it will destroy more than just us. The public has never been told how extensive this is. And it is a tightrope to walk on by the US.

Don’t worry as much about curing illness. We have survived even the common cold without a vaccine forever. Be very concerned about stopping them in an artificial form like bio weapons. And China leads the world in sales of those. Look what it’s doing this year alone with one virus.

rwood

Since the Clinton era the Chinese have slowly yet surely contributed to (bought influence of) weak or mismanaging politicians' campaigns and interests. Clinton also saw the Chinese replace our manufacturing base with near-slave labor and ethic-less practices like mislabeled shipping containers (sometimes packed with humans), faux brand label knock-offs and a glut of cheap products. Those gave rise to a Walmart Superstore in every municipality that put multiple thousands of small independents out of business. Thus they have been waging war on us in this subtle way for over thirty years now.

Despite the success of this secret warfare they're also set for the traditional kind. Instead of using the billions they made selling us crap to improve their country and the lives of their citizens the Chinese built up the world's most massive military. We don't worry much about it - distance, logistics, every other American has a gun - but they've over a million young men all dressed up with no place to go. They would have absorbed many surrounding countries if not for those pesky kids - the United States military and it's superior technology. They can steal our tech but can't make the slaves reproduce it dependably. If my human spirit were ground down like that I wouldn't give a flying fart either.

And hence we come to biotech weapons laboratories with sloppy procedures...

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