In this Feb. 24 photo, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian speaks during a daily briefing at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Beijing. © Andy Wong/AP
Washington Post: As U.S. calls for focus on covid origins, China repeats speculation about U.S. military base
China reacted angrily to the Biden administration’s calls for a harder investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, by accusing the United States of hypocrisy and suggesting it needed to open its own biological laboratories to international inspection.
Speaking at a media briefing in Beijing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao Lijian said that President Biden’s call for more scrutiny of the still-disputed origins of coronavirus was politically motivated and showed that the United States “does not care about facts and truth, nor is it interested in serious scientific origin tracing.”
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Update: China counters Biden's Covid origins lab probe ... by calling for a US lab probe (CNN)
WNU Editor: These Chinese claims and statements are being made to influence Chinese public opinion .... not international opinion.And from what I am hearing. It has been very effective.
This is a killer statement by the Chinese. How does/can DC Biden Administration refute this without crossing it's own base and also exposing it's own methods? Follow the science!
ReplyDelete"It has been very effective." Unfortunately our leadership class has given them numerous talking points.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately we do not have a leadership class. The people in charge maybe many things, but leaders they are not.
DeleteThey think they are leaders and they think their inherited wealth and connections with other inherited wealth entities them. To make matters even more problematic, having the US dollar as world reserve currency as world reserve currency has allowed them and our country to punch above our weight.
ReplyDeleteTo make matters worse the leadership class has largely squandered this unearned blessing. At this point, the goal of our leadership class should be to ensure a "soft landing" when the inevitable loss of the US dollar as world reserve currency happens. These idiots can't even grasp such basics!!