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China’s media steps up (Wuhan) virus propaganda drive
Asia Times ^ | MARCH 5, 2020 | Frank Chen

Posted on 03/06/2020 5:39:42 AM PST by HK_Kai_Chung

On Wednesday, Xinhua quoted a popular opinion piece circulating on WeChat, China’s ubiquitous social networking app, saying that the West, in particular the United States, “owes China a coronavirus apology” for all the smearing and gloating, and that the rest of Asia and even the entire world would have been embroiled in a far worse contagion had it not been for China’s resolute containment and sacrifice.

Xinhua also ridiculed a prayer gathering in Vice-President Mike Pence’s office in the White House at the end of last month. US President Donald Trump has tasked Pence with spearheading the US federal government’s response to the global outbreak. In a photo released by the White House, Pence sits with members of the government’s Coronavirus Taskforce as they bow their heads and pray for the disease to disappear.

Xinhua quoted US commentator Hemant Mehta as saying, “What else did anyone expect? Science? Reason? Something sensible? Of course not… If this virus truly becomes a pandemic, we’re at the mercy of people delusional enough to think their pleas to God will fix the problem. The same God who presumably created the virus, at least in their minds, will somehow make sure it hurts only a handful of Americans … and a ton of Chinese people.”

(Excerpt) Read more at asiatimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: ccp; china; coronavirus; godlesscommunism; wuhanvirus
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I was pleasantly surprised to hear Mike Pompeo call the virus "Wuhan Virus" on Fox & Friends. I hope the entire world starts adopting this accurate and descriptive term instead of the politically correct nonsense "Covid-19" which is meant to protect China's feelings.
1 posted on 03/06/2020 5:39:42 AM PST by HK_Kai_Chung
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To: HK_Kai_Chung

Gads what an ugly person this Menta guy is. Yikes.


2 posted on 03/06/2020 5:41:55 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: HK_Kai_Chung
Call it the 🇨🇳 China virus.
3 posted on 03/06/2020 5:44:32 AM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: HK_Kai_Chung

Drinks are on the house!

And everyone gets free Corona Extra’s!


4 posted on 03/06/2020 5:53:04 AM PST by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey season!)
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To: HK_Kai_Chung
The same God who presumably created the virus

Really? Can we ask to visit their labs in Wuhan to actually check that statement?
5 posted on 03/06/2020 5:55:06 AM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: HK_Kai_Chung

As per Shakespeares play in Hamlet:

“The lady doth protest to much methinks.”

When this virus first appeared I thought it was natural. I am beginning to have my doubts. However, we will never know.


6 posted on 03/06/2020 5:55:36 AM PST by cpdiii ( canecutter, deckhand, roughneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR)
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To: HK_Kai_Chung

Since it is apparent that Asians have a greater susceptibility to this virus and once infected a much higher mortality rate than Caucasians and Africans, the epidemic will have a long term detrimental effect on China’s image and its ability to conduct business. Hence the propaganda and the refusal to allow foreign experts into China to investigate what is actually happening.

Chinese officials knew from the beginning that Asians were far more susceptible than Caucasians and Africans. The Caucasians and Africans that lived in Wusan did not become readily infected and if they did not seriously ill and none were reported to die. In Italy the region that had the big outbreak is heavily populated with Chines immigrants and Asian workers. Iran , the location of the Silk Road and having been conquered by the Mongols has a huge Chinese imprint in its population genome.

WHO the MSM and even the CDC is complicit with this propaganda. They absolutely refuse to identify the race of those afflicted in the United States.


7 posted on 03/06/2020 5:57:39 AM PST by allendale (.)
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To: HK_Kai_Chung

This catastrophe needs to be dumped right in China’s lap in the worst possible way.

There is the arch enemy of Mankind. To Hell with them.


8 posted on 03/06/2020 5:59:29 AM PST by chris37 (Impeach Chief Obama Injustice Roberts, a fraud, a clown and a tyrant!)
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To: HK_Kai_Chung

bump


9 posted on 03/06/2020 6:08:14 AM PST by foreverfree
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To: allendale
They even refuse to disclose the countries the infected traveled to.

All three cases are also travel-related. The patients returned home from a trip overseas on February 20. Health officials would not say Thursday evening where they traveled to.

https://wjla.com/news/health/maryland-governor-confirms-3-positive-cases-of-coronavirus

10 posted on 03/06/2020 6:12:08 AM PST by HK_Kai_Chung
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To: HK_Kai_Chung

No wonder Democrats like the Chi-coms so much — they are birds of a feather. So very much alike. Wonder how much of the $8.3 B will go to China...

Wuhan Virus it is. Call it that, always. China owns it.


11 posted on 03/06/2020 6:14:10 AM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: Biggirl
Wuhan virus is the better name because there have been in the past and might be in the future other new viruses that originate in China. Blaming the USA by China will be echoed by our dishonest media since they put the Dem party above what is good for America.

Most people did not even know that there have been many corona viruses already. Could it be because it wasn’t in anybody’s interested to disrupt the world’s economy before now? Scary thought.

12 posted on 03/06/2020 6:16:25 AM PST by Freee-dame
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To: polymuser

Meanwhile the communists running Seattle are hyping their data to get Trump


13 posted on 03/06/2020 6:17:16 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: Freee-dame
OT: why do a lot of these flu viruses start in China and others seem to begin in Africa? Are those areas the Mesopotamia of disease strains??
14 posted on 03/06/2020 6:19:34 AM PST by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: Freee-dame

Yep.

Trump and Pence need to change the national dialog to “The Wuhan Virus” or “The Wuhan Flu” (rolls off the tongue better). Now.


15 posted on 03/06/2020 6:22:44 AM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: HK_Kai_Chung

I was in Shanghai this past summer for five weeks. And as everyone here is touting the “wash your hands” solution for the virus, I remembered what AWFUL bathroom hygiene I saw there. There is rarely even soap and paper towels in public bathrooms over there, not to mention that you either bring your own TP into the stalls or grab some at the counter before you go into the stall. And I won’t get into the squat and trench toilets....no wonder the virus is spreading like wildfire over there.


16 posted on 03/06/2020 6:27:19 AM PST by Republicanprofessor
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To: polymuser

Chinese shills have been pushing hard the narrative that the virus may have originated in the US.

If people just let China take control of the narrative, this virus thing could very well become another Russia collusion hoax.


17 posted on 03/06/2020 6:28:25 AM PST by HK_Kai_Chung
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To: BenLurkin

He’s getting his talking points from the DNC.


18 posted on 03/06/2020 6:30:40 AM PST by MortMan (Shouldn't "palindrome" read the same forward and backward?)
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There is rarely even soap and paper towels in public bathrooms over there...

Outside of high-end malls and hotels, no. Because bathroom supplies get stolen instantly. Another legacy of Communism.

19 posted on 03/06/2020 6:34:34 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: HK_Kai_Chung
If people Republican Senators, Congressmen, Governors and Mayors just let China take control of the narrative, this virus thing could very well become another Russia collusion hoax.
20 posted on 03/06/2020 6:35:07 AM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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