Posted on 03/25/2020 9:12:43 PM PDT by hapnHal
As the novel coronavirus incubated in Wuhan from mid-December to mid-January, the Chinese state made evidently intentional misrepresentations to its people concerning the outbreak, providing false assurances to the population preceding the approach of the Lunar New Year celebrations on Jan. 25.
In mid-December, an outbreak of a novel influenza-like illness was traced to workers and customers of the city’s Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, which contained exotic and wild animal species. On Dec. 26, multiple Chinese news outlets released reports of an anonymous laboratory technician who made a startling discovery: The sickness was caused by a new coronavirus that was 87 percent similar to SARS, or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital, sounded the alarm in an online chatroom on Dec. 30.
That night, Wuhan public health authorities solicited information on the emergence of a “pneumonia of unclear cause,” but omitted Li’s discussion about SARS or a novel coronavirus. Li and other medical professionals who tried to disclose the emergence of the virus were suppressed or jailed by the regime. On Jan. 1, the state-run Xinhua News Agency warned, “The police call on all netizens to not fabricate rumors, not spread rumors, not believe rumors.” Four days after Li’s chatroom discussion, officers of the Public Security Bureau forced him to sign a letter acknowledging he had made “false comments,” and that his revelations had “severely disturbed the social order.”
Li, who has become something of an underground folk hero in China against chicanery by state officials, ultimately died of the disease. China silenced other doctors raising the alarm, minimizing the danger to the public even as they were bewildered and overwhelmed. State media suppressed information about the virus.
Although authorities closed the Wuhan “wet market” at the epicenter of the contagion, they did not take further steps to stop the wildlife trade.
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According to Communist Chinese-controlled Facebook and the Communist Chinese controlled UN and WHO, it was the United States Army who spread it in Communist China.
It’s now considered fake news and racist to call it the Wuhan or Chinese Virus. Facebook prefers to call it the Trump Virus (something I first heard from the Communist Chinese) and later the Democrats
Assuming the article presents a compelling legal argument (I didn’t read), it’s likely a better (and more fruitful) case can be made against those that insisted on doing business with a country with a history of exposing the US with a plethora of viruses over decades.
No need, my FRiend.
We will just deduct what they now owe us from our debt to china; AND, we can add a surcharge (no need to call it a tariff) to all goods that we buy from them.
Ideally, however, we will buy less and less from china.
Normally that would cause a very serious issue with our ability to sell bonds (and political issues). But, I think the world would be behind us if we did it.
Both the United States and China both have similar concepts of sovereign immunity and China is a communist country where the communist party is and is above the law. Any lawsuit is a wasted effort.
Uranus boring. Big Yuan.
China did not cause us to destroy our economy. That is a self inflicted wound. We let the Progs dunk on us.
PRESIDENT TRUMP “SEND CHINA A BILL FOR COVID-19 REPARATIONS”
or better yet DO WHAT NANCY PELOSI DID
“TEAR UP THE TREASURY NOTES” IN CONGRESS ON TV?
Seize any assets they own here (property, bank accounts, etc.), wipe out the debt we owe (entirely), then hold them subject to wrongful death and damages compensation to every person infected with the virus. Leave them in ruin.
The price for China’s cheaply-made goods has proven very expensive
VERY well said.
Because drowning hundreds of thousands of people who had nothing to do with releasing the virus is the American Way. /s
if one really wanted hurt the Chinese for covid-19, one might consider rendering quick default judgments against PRC foreigners’ real estate holdings and bank accounts. This would hurt mostly the PRC investor class, which is the same as the PRC communist party honchos. It would also generate a large amount of cash. Anything held in trust by their kids, confiscate all of that too, and let them appeal it in court.
L8r
And what collection agency will get the job?
https://youtu.be/DfuV7K3A08g
General Spalding discusses the CCP bioweapon, their goals and strategy.
And payouts could be in the zeroes.
I am so tired of the unending Corona Virus articles. Can we declare a one week Corona Virus Sabbatical? If we stopped talking about it we might figure out how overhyped it really is.
And the holding US companies have in China would be left alone by the ChiComs ?
“Don’t worry about a check, Mr Flu. I’ll just take it off my tab...looks like we’re square! Oh, and uh, one more thing. You won’t be able to trade with the world anymore. Enjoy your wall.”
Better idea: Just cancel all Treasury bonds held by China.
Problem solved.
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