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The Coronavirus Cover-Up
Sources: thecritic.co.uk By Kapil Komireddi 24 March, 2020 How the West’s fear of appearing racist obscures the blunders at the beginning of this outbreak The calamity unfolding all around us did not emerge from a void. It originated in China. And its eruption into a global pandemic is inseparable from read more →
External Propaganda Casts Beijing As Leader In Global Coronavirus Fight
Global Digitial Times| 24 March 2020| Read original here At the height of the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, Zhao Shilin, a retired Minzu University professor and former member of the Central Committee and Deputy Director of the Culture and Arts … Continued The post External Propaganda Casts Beijing As Leader read more →
How China is Exploiting the Coronavirus to Weaken Democracies
Beijing is using the pandemic to drive wedges between members of the European Union, and to advance its propaganda war against the United States. Peter Rough| MARCH 25, 2020| Read original here Workers at unload protective gear bound for Italy … Continued The post How China is Exploiting the Coronavirus read more →
UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies call for human rights approach in fighting COVID-19
ReliefWeb. 25 March 2020. Read the original article here. GENEVA – The Chairpersons of the 10 UN Treaty Bodies* on Tuesday urged global leaders to ensure that human rights are respected in government measures to tackle the public health threat … Continued The post UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies call read more →
Coronavirus News Live Updates: India bans export of anti-malaria drug seen as a Covid counter; case count rises to 562
Economic Times | 25 Mar, 2020 | 10.28AM IST| Read original here Govt said that it is banning the export of hydroxychloroquine and formulations made from the medication, as experts test the efficacy of the drug in helping treat patients … Continued The post Coronavirus News Live Updates: India bans read more →
PM announces 21-day nationwide lockdown, says this is only way to fight coronavirus
PTI| 24 March 2020| Read original here New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a complete nationwide lockdown for 21 days from Tuesday midnight, asserting in an emotional appeal “with folded hands” that unless India”s 130 crore … Continued The post PM announces 21-day nationwide lockdown, says read more →
How the World Will Look After the Coronavirus Pandemic
The pandemic will change the world forever. We asked 12 leading global thinkers for their predictions. BY JOHN ALLEN, NICHOLAS BURNS, LAURIE GARRETT, RICHARD N. HAASS, G. JOHN IKENBERRY, KISHORE MAHBUBANI, SHIVSHANKAR MENON, ROBIN NIBLETT, JOSEPH S. NYE JR., SHANNON K. O’NEIL, KORI SCHAKE, STEPHEN M. WALT| Foreign Policy| MARCH 20, 2020| Read … Continued The post How the World Will Look After read more →
How China brought the world to a standstill
www.asiatimes.com | 23 March 2020 | Read Original News Here It is a warning from history. How did a local, viral outbreak at a wet market in the Chinese city of Wuhan turn into a global pandemic in less than … Continued The post How China brought the world to read more →
China is legally responsible for COVID-19 damage and claims could be in the Trillions
James Kraska, War on the Rocks. March 23, 2020. Read the original article here. As the novel coronavirus incubated in Wuhan from mid-December to mid-January, the Chinese state made evidently intentional misrepresentations to its people concerning the outbreak, providing false assurances to … Continued The post China is legally responsible for COVID-19 read more →
Harsh Steps Are Needed to Stop the Coronavirus, Experts Say
By Donald G. McNeil Jr| New York Times| March 22, 2020| Read original news here Terrifying though the coronavirus may be, it can be turned back. China, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan have demonstrated that, with furious efforts, the contagion can be … Continued The post Harsh Steps Are Needed to Stop read more →
Mapping the Coronavirus Outbreak
Get daily updates on the epidemic and learn how it is affecting countries around the world. BY FP STAFF| Foreign Policy| UPDATED MARCH 17, 2020| Read original report here The novel coronavirus that started in Wuhan, China, is spreading with wildfire speed. … Continued The post Mapping the Coronavirus Outbreak appeared first read more →
China: Reverse Ban on American Journalists
Human Rights Watch. March 18, 2020. Read the original article here. (New York) – The Chinese government should immediately reverse its decision to expel reporters from three major US media outlets, Human Rights Watch said today. On March 18, 2020, the Chinese … Continued The post China: Reverse Ban on American Journalists read more →
How Dictatorships Make Pandemics Worse
For one, they aren’t big fans of the public disclosures that can minimize risk early on. Danielle Pletka| The Dispatch| March 2020| Read original article here Dictatorships make you sick. Not spiritually, not morally (though both may apply), but actually … Continued The post How Dictatorships Make Pandemics Worse appeared read more →
Nobel Prize winner blames Coronavirus pandemic on China’s dictatorship
Daily Mail| 16 March 2020| Read original news here China has lashed out at a Nobel Prize winner after he blamed the coronavirus pandemic on Beijing’s political system. Mario Vargas Llosa, who has won the Nobel Prize in Literature, claimed that the coronavirus … Continued The post Nobel Prize winner blames Coronavirus pandemic read more →
Coronavirus Could End China’s Decades-Long Economic Growth Streak
By Keith Bradsher| New York Time| March 16, 2020| Read original news here SHANGHAI — China’s growth streak has lasted for decades, surviving the crackdown at Tiananmen Square, the global financial crisis and the trade war with the United States. But it … Continued The post Coronavirus Could End China’s Decades-Long Economic read more →