***Russian meddling is the problem!
2 Oct: NPR: Reaction To Trump’s Infection: Sympathy In South Korea, Some Schadenfreude In China
by Anthony Kuhn
Chinese social media users mocked Trump, but the news was reported without commentary by state-run media...
In the hours after the news broke about Trump’s infection, it was the most searched topic on Weibo, China’s biggest microblogging platform. Compilations of jokes and posts mocking Trump made the rounds on WeChat, a popular messaging platform. One read: “Trump: ‘I will soon conquer the coronavirus!’ American people: ‘Yes, but what are we supposed to do?’ Trump: ‘The coronavirus can be effectively treated by injecting yourself with disinfectant.’ American people: ‘Time for you to try that, Mr. President.’”...
One of the few public voices commenting on Trump’s infection was that of Hu Xijin, editor of the jingoistic Global Times tabloid. “President Trump and the first lady have paid the price for his gamble to play down the COVID-19,” Hu said in a post on Twitter, which was later deleted. Twitter is blocked in China but used by the government and state-run media to reach foreign audiences...
The Trump administration has claimed that China is the most active among nations trying to interfere in upcoming presidential elections. But a Department of Homeland Security official cast doubt on that narrative last month, when he filed a whistleblower complaint, saying he was told to highlight the threat of Chinese and Iranian interference, while downplaying ***Russian meddling.
https://www.npr.org/sections/latest-updates-trump-covid-19-results/2020/10/02/919483109/reaction-to-trumps-infection-sympathy-in-south-korea-schadenfreude-in-china
virtually all FakeNewsMSM are in the tank for China:
2 Oct: UK Independent: Chinese state-run newspaper mocks Trump for contracting coronavirus
Hu Xijin claims US president has ‘paid the price for his gamble to play down’ Covid-19
by James Crump
In articles earlier in the year, the Global Times called the US a “barbaric and greedy” country that “doesn’t care about humanitarianism” and claimed that “the US government has failed its people and also failed the world”.
Conversely, Mr Trump has repeatedly attempted to blame the country for the virus, which is believed to have originated in Wuhan, China, and has repeatedly referred to it as the “China virus” and “Wuhan flu”.
Concerns have been raised that the president using the phrases could lead to a rise of harassment and mistreatment of Asian Americans, according to NBC News...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/coronavirus-china-hu-xijin-global-times-donald-trump-b747232.html