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One Belt, One Road … One Virus
Epoch Times ^ | March 22, 2020 | Brian Cates

Posted on 03/22/2020 3:39:25 PM PDT by little jeremiah

As the entire world has struggled to cope with the fallout from the CCP virus, all eyes have remained fixed on Italy, where the virus is reaping its most awful toll. Deaths in Italy from the virus have now surpassed the official count claimed by the Communist authorities of China.

As of March 22, China has acknowledged a total of 3,261 deaths from the disease called COVID-19, while Italy’s toll has far surpassed that at 4,825 and is climbing rapidly.

Another of the hardest-hit countries is Iran, which claims 1,685 dead, although as with China, there’s good reason to believe the Iranian regime is hiding the true numbers. Spain and France have also been deeply affected, with 1,756 and 562 deaths, respectively.

When you consider that the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) and Iran’s numbers are likely far higher than what has been reported because those regimes can’t be trusted to accurately self-report, the true impact of this disaster on Italy is even more apparent. Italy’s numbers can be trusted, as can Spain and France’s, and so, the disparity is stark, ranging from 4,825 to 1,756 to 562.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ccp; chinahegemony; chinavirus
More at link. China's world wide ambitions and influence need to be cut down.
1 posted on 03/22/2020 3:39:25 PM PDT by little jeremiah
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To: bitt

If you want it!


2 posted on 03/22/2020 3:39:42 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: little jeremiah

3 posted on 03/22/2020 3:39:49 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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To: little jeremiah
Everyone needs to understand this.

Italy is a victim of China's One Belt One Road debt trap strategy ["And one ring to bind them"] to take over strategic assets world wide -

Everyone should read The Federalist: Iran And Italy Are Paying A Hefty Price For Close Ties With Communist China

4 posted on 03/22/2020 3:48:13 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: AndyJackson

I read that and was going to post it on FR but it was up already. The more people run into any of these articles, the better.


5 posted on 03/22/2020 3:50:55 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: AndyJackson

Here it is, I’ll bump it if need be.

Iran And Italy Are Paying A Hefty Price For Close Ties With Communist China

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3826267/posts


6 posted on 03/22/2020 3:52:04 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: little jeremiah

When this is over, our satellites will be able to see fresh mass graves all over Iran. We are seeing them now in Qom.
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It will be a die off of historical numbers. The mullahs and radical militias particularly will be devastated.
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You see, they are deliberately exposing themselves to the virus in order to prove their piety.
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They believe only infidels and non or weak believers will die.


7 posted on 03/22/2020 4:16:31 PM PDT by gandalftb
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To: little jeremiah

For some reason the title of the article makes me think of George Thorogood. One bourbon, one scotch, one beer.


8 posted on 03/22/2020 4:19:25 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children.)
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To: little jeremiah

And yet, China allowed ~5 Million citizens to flee the country and spread the disease world wide - and this continues TO THIS DAY

They destroyed virus samples, destroyed data and lied about it, while it was still containable. Now they lie and say they had nothing to do with it


9 posted on 03/22/2020 4:20:57 PM PDT by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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To: little jeremiah; AndyJackson

Thank you for this article.


10 posted on 03/22/2020 4:21:45 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: little jeremiah
More at link. China's world wide ambitions and influence need to be cut down.

Yes, that is true.

Maybe the Italians will RECONSIDER hiring cheap Chinese labor. There is ALWAYS a price for buying the CHEAPEST.
Their cheap, Chinese labor brought over the virus.

11 posted on 03/22/2020 4:22:22 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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Oh dear. I feel SOOOOO sorry for Iran.

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NOT.

12 posted on 03/22/2020 4:24:10 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: cloudmountain

You are not supposed to feel sorry for Iran. You are supposed to understand what the CHICOMs are up to.


13 posted on 03/22/2020 4:26:40 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: AndyJackson
You are not supposed to feel sorry for Iran. You are supposed to understand what the CHICOMs are up to.

I suppose that you didn't see the GIANT NOT at the bottom of that page.

14 posted on 03/22/2020 4:30:08 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: little jeremiah

Better than Tracies but by referencing hers it commits the same error. These articles are the equivalent of “I see an oak!” I want to take them by the hand and say, “Yes, this is called a tree and when there are a bunch of them together like this we call it a forest.”

The “Italy was hit because Milan is a textile hub” story is far to simplistic and entirely misses what is happening. Venice is the key, textiles just happen to be one of the goods that generate easy cash along the route. It also misunderstands the way China works.

One does not need a great depth of understanding of the Chinese to see what is happening. From simple sources like the wiki, “At the end of the 19th century, the Chinese government realized that the overseas Chinese could be an asset, a source of foreign investment and a bridge to overseas knowledge; thus, it began to recognize the use of the term Huaqiao.[35]”

[35]Wang, Gungwu (19 December 1994). Upgrading the migrant: neither huaqiao nor huaren. Chinese America: History and Perspectives 1996: Chinese Historical Society of America. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-9614198-9-9. In its own way, it [Chinese government] has upgraded its migrants from a ragbag of malcontents, adventurers, and desperately poor laborers to the status of respectable and valued nationals whose loyalty was greatly appreciated.

Read that with a more critical eye. These are not escapees that just happened to congregate somewhere and just happened to take over key industries. Some certainly are and joined the effort but they didn’t weren’t the ones that started it. In China everything is a military effort for the benefit of the State (in reality the benefit of the more equal pigs but that’s another discussion). China plans long term and uses techniques more akin to asymmetric and irregular warfare rather than direct confrontation. There were seeds of a carnivorous vine planted by the Chinese government all over the world and they have taken root. To be distracted by hysterically pointing at the fruit is to miss the toothed pod maneuvering over your head.


15 posted on 03/22/2020 4:42:37 PM PDT by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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To: Hodar

They aren’t fleeing even if the individuals involved presently think they are. They are colonizing and will remerge with the hive later.


16 posted on 03/22/2020 4:46:22 PM PDT by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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To: gnarledmaw

I agree that China has had a plan to basically take over the world, ongoing for a long time. I think that Beanz and Cates have touched on this, and there is a lot of info about this, that could be brought to FR.


17 posted on 03/22/2020 5:05:20 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: cloudmountain
Yes, I did see the the GIANT NOT at the bottom of that page.
18 posted on 03/22/2020 5:05:53 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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19 posted on 03/22/2020 6:19:48 PM PDT by bitt (forget the electric chair..we're gonna need electric bleachers!)
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To: bitt

Thanks for pinging this.


20 posted on 03/22/2020 6:29:25 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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