As Pandemic Crisis Grows, China Ships Shoddy Medical Supplies to Virus-Hit Countries

The Epoch Times ^ | April 9, 2020 | Eva Fu

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Defective medical gear from China is drawing growing backlash overseas, with Finland, Britain, and Ireland being the latest to complain about faulty equipment.

Eager to portray itself as humanitarian amid the global pandemic, the Chinese regime has sent medical supplies to virus-hit countries around the world from Spain to Peru. Since March 1, the country has around four billion masks, 37.5 million protective suits, and 2.8 million testing kits, according to an April 5 statement by the Chinese customs administration.

Yet mounting instances of defective masks and test kits have called into question whether Beijing attempts at “mask diplomacy” can succeed.

Finland, upon receiving 2 million surgical masks from China on April 7 by airlift, described them to be of “disappointing” quality and unsuitable for hospital staff.

“The Chinese market is very chaotic,” Tomi Lounema, managing director of the country’s National Emergency Supply Agency, said in a Wednesday press briefing. He added that this meant that the country has to deal with a large number of obscure suppliers which makes it difficult to trace where goods are made.

“Prices are rising all the time, transactions have to be done quickly and you have to pay in advance,” he said. “The commercial risk is very high.”

[Zhang Fei]

[“Prices are rising all the time, transactions have to be done quickly and you have to pay in advance,” he said. “The commercial risk is very high.”]

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The real bottom line? Chinese hoopla aside, these aren’t gifts. No one’s looking a gift horse in the mouth.

[MAGAthon]

in Australia - where over-reaction is rife - we now have:

8 Apr: ABC: First flight in months from coronavirus-hit Wuhan lands in Sydney carrying masks, gowns and ventilators
By political reporter Matthew Doran
A freight flight from the city where the deadly coronavirus first appeared has arrived in Sydney, carrying 90 tonnes of protective masks, gowns and ventilators...

“This flight will be carrying up to 90 tonnes of much needed medical supplies,” a spokesperson for the Home Affairs Department told the ABC.
“Flights like this are crucial in ensuring the ongoing supply of these critical goods.”...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-08/wuhan-flight-lands-sydney-medical-equipment-coronavirus-covid19/12135016

[Candor7]

This is how China wages bio-war,sending equipment that does no work, milking out the resources of each country so the contagion cannot be controlled.

Has everyone forgotten to read Sun Tzu’s “Art of War?”

[catnipman]

sounds like china is sending out Harbor Freight quality ventilators ...

[Zhang Fei]

[in Australia - where over-reaction is rife - we now have:]

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It’s amazing that a public broadcaster is parroting Xi Jinping’s talking points. Would it kill these morons to find out how much this shipment cost, and whether the products shipped are up to spec? Or is that asking too much?

[Zhang Fei]

[sounds like china is sending out Harbor Freight quality ventilators ...]

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As someone who’s used a Harbor Freight tool or two, I’d be grateful if they came up to its standards, which are backed up by a 90-day return policy. In reality, these are cash and carry transactions. Defective merchandise? Better luck next time. Good luck suing in a Chinese court.

[Cobra64]

Yeah, but with Harbor Freight, you get a free tarp.

[lightman]

I’m of the vintage that I can remember, growing up, my WWII veteran father referring to “Japanese Junk”.

We’ve replaced Japanese Junk with Chinese Crap.

[lightman]

Yeah, but with Harbor Freight, you get a free tarp.

Easily adaptable to a body bag.

[SteveH]

anecdotal!

[bkopto]

Who is surprised by any of this?

The Chinese gift of the globalists just keeps on giving.

[catnipman]

“Yeah, but with Harbor Freight, you get a free tarp.”

and a lifetime warranty on hand tools, but i’m guessing that warranty wouldn’t apply to Harbor Freight Ventilators, and even if it did, lifetime might be pretty darn short anyway if the ventilator fails ...