A diplomatic source said the EU was worried about retaliation from Beijing. Photo: Reuters
SCMP: EU toned down report on Chinese disinformation after Beijing threatened ‘repercussions’, diplomatic sources say
* Sources tell South China Morning Post that references to Beijing’s efforts to deflect blame for the Covid-19 outbreak were removed due to fears it would withhold medical supplies in revenge
* Initial version accused China of running ‘global disinformation campaign’ and used ‘covert and overt’ tactics
The European Union toned down part of a report about Chinese state-backed disinformation because it feared Beijing would retaliate by withholding medical supplies, diplomatic sources have said.
The initial version of the report, seen by the South China Morning Post, described China as running a “global disinformation campaign” to deflect blame for the coronavirus outbreak using “both overt and covert tactics”.
But the Post has learnt that this section was removed after Beijing intervened and warned EU diplomats based in China there would be unspecified repercussions.
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WNU Editor: 120,000 Europeans have died from this pandemic (and climbing), but their leaders are frozen with fear when it comes to assigning responsibility for this disaster on China, and criticizing China's disinformation campaign.So who is running the EU? Brussels of Beijing?
More On The EU Dropping Their Report On China's Covid-19 Disinformation Campaign
China pressured EU to drop COVID disinformation criticism: sources -- Reuters
EU Waters Down Report on China's Coronavirus Propaganda -- New York Times
EU officials 'watered down report on China's coronavirus fake news campaign after pressure from Chinese leaders' - with stacks of findings edited out -- Daily Mail
EU report on Chinese, Russian coronavirus disinformation watered down after pressure from Beijing: reports -- The Hill
EU softened criticism on Chinese disinformation over fear of 'repercussions,' according to reports -- FOX News
China put pressure on EU to soften coronavirus disinformation report -- Politico
China reportedly lobbied the EU to dial down criticism of its Covid-19 disinformation campaigns -- VOX News
The die is cast.
ReplyDelete"120,000 Europeans have died from ..."
ReplyDelete120,000 Europeans have died from or died with?
If someone is in a nursing home or hospice and is expected to die within a month or two and die after catching corona that is an assist.
Or sometimes influenza has been doing a number for 2 weeks, is getting the job done and corona shows up. That is "with".
In the US there has been padding of the death certificates. I would expect that in the EU doctors and bureaucrat being people are doing the same thing.
"(sports) a statistic used in different sports to quantify the act of helping another player score points or goals; in baseball, an assist is defensive, allowing a teammate to record a putout. He had two assists in the game."
www.yourdictionary.com/assist
IMO with every assist, corona gets fractional credit and it will and does add up. But to give corona total credit is a fucking lie.
My guess is a lot of bribe/incentive money is flowing from China - in the hundreds of billions - to suggest everything from famous universities (Cambridge), Media outlets (CNN), and entire countries to keep their mouth shut, or else.
ReplyDeleteI hope our counter spying agencies are working over time. A lot of compromising material the Chinese hold on a large number of representatives in Brussels, Washington DC and in the ASEAN ofc
Compromising material?
ReplyDeleteSome liberals have been doing it for free since before the start of the Cold War or WW2.