The COVID-19 crisis reveals that China, America’s most powerful rival, has played a particularly harmful role in the current crisis, which began on its soil. Initially, that country’s lack of transparency prevented prompt action that might have contained the virus. Chinese officials initially punished citizens for “spreading rumors” about the disease. “They didn’t tell us the truth,” one medical team member said of the local authorities, “and from what we now know of the real situation then, they were lying to us." Now China’s propagandists are competing to create a narrative that obscures the origins of the crisis and that blames the United States for the virus. Dependence on China for crucial medical equipment throughout the pandemic has illuminated dangers in relying on China. Experts had warned of American dependence on key drug ingredients from China. The Wall Street Journal has reported that China is the only maker of key ingredients for certain classes of drugs, including established antibiotics that treat a range of bacterial infections such as pneumonia. American reliance on China for products we need in every category, is a national security concern. Americans should not depend on an authoritarian rival state for its citizens’ health—any more than the United States and other free and open societies should give Chinese companies, and by extension the Chinese Communist Party, control over communications infrastructure and sensitive personal data. Stop supporting the Chinese Communist Party. American money does not need to flow into the hands of an enemy. Please feel free to repost. Unlike the Chinese intellectual property thiefs who steal vast amounts of information from the United States on a daily basis, I'm giving you permission to copy my video. Spread the word #fuckchina (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAWwriBpIfh/?igshid=1u9zuvz7n8dki
