China Spins Coronavirus Crisis, Hailing Itself as a Global Leader

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[yardboyd]

The Chinese government silenced whistle-blowers, withheld crucial information and played down the threat posed by the new coronavirus, allowing an epidemic that has killed thousands to take hold across the country.

Now the ruling Communist Party, facing a storm of anger from the Chinese public over its missteps, is trying to rehabilitate its image by rebranding itself as the unequivocal leader in the global fight against the virus.

[Read: ‘No way out’: In China, coronavirus takes a toll on other patients.]

The state-run news media has hailed China’s response to the outbreak as a model for the world, accusing countries like the United States and South Korea of acting sluggishly to contain the spread.

“Some countries slow to respond to virus,” read a recent headline from Global Times, a stridently nationalistic tabloid controlled by the Chinese government.

Online influencers have trumpeted China’s use of Mao-style social controls to achieve containment, using the hash tag, “The Chinese method is the only method that has proved successful.”

Party officials have tried to spin the crisis as a testament to the strength of China’s authoritarian system and its hard-line leader, Xi Jinping, even announcing plans to publish a book in six languages about the outbreak that portrays him as a “major power leader” with “care for the people.”

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[yardboyd]

Absolutely nothing reliable or worthwhile in regards to China. Having nothing to do with this corrupted, evil regime is in America's best interests.

[Sirius Lee]

china needs to be nuked.

[slumber1]

So, the arsonist shows up later, helps put out the fire, now he’s a hero

[Grampa Dave]

Novel coronavirus cases could have been reduced by 95 percent had China responded to the outbreak just three weeks earlier than it did, a March 13 study by the University of Southampton has found.

President Xi Jinping’s The Yellow Peril ChiCom Wuhan Pneumonia Novel Coronavirus aka the Red Death/Mass People Killing Virus, Chinobyl#2, The Yellow Peril, CCP virus Made in China!

[RckyRaCoCo]

Some countries slow to respond to OUR virus

Fixed

[Brian Griffin]

China is a leader in many fields.

US stimulus payments will revive its economy at no cost to its treasury.

[Brian Griffin]

The Chinese are human beings and human life deserves our full respect.

[yardboyd]

Why not? While we're at it zap North Korea and Russia. The world would be so aghast that it would be in an apoplectic condition for weeks. By the time the shock had worn off Iran would be ready to surrender and no country would dare touch Israel. I mention Israel because it is the only ally that we have that is true blue. (Like the colors in Israel's flag.)

Just think. Had we stayed out of the extremely stupid war between Germany and the UK there wouldn't have been a WWII. If there hadn't been a WWII Russia wouldn't have taken over Eastern Europe. There never would have been a Korean or Vietnam War. No WWI no Hitler.