Wuhan virus follows China’s expansionism

[Anonymous]

The route of transmission is no coincidence, much like the Wuhan coronavirus itseld.



Since its discovery in December in the Chinese city of Wuhan, COVID-19 has spread like wildfire around the world, and its impact on the global economy appears to be more serious than many have thought.



However, there is an important fact that has escaped the attention of most observers: The route of the virus' spread corresponds with China's geopolitical interests around the globe.



South Korea and Japan in East Asia, Italy in Europe and Iran in the Middle East: Outside of China, it is in these countries that the virus has strongly taken hold. Similar to Taiwan, Japan and South Korea possess advanced healthcare systems capable of providing a high standard of medical care. Online database Numbeo's "Health Care Index by Country 2020" ranked Taiwan first, followed by South Korea and Japan.



South Korean President Moon Jae-in — whose administration has proved to be staunchly pro-China — is facing the wrath of the South Korean public due to his mishandling of the outbreak, and his decision to donate masks to China has been strongly criticized when there was a domestic shortage of masks.



A petition calling for Moon to be impeached has, at the time of writing, garnered 1.4 million signatures. With the petition mocking him as "Chinese Chairman Moon," he is facing the greatest crisis of his presidency.



However, the most dramatic of all outbreaks is taking place in Italy. Why Italy?



One reason is the relatively high number of Chinese who have immigrated to the country, in particular from Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. Another reason is Italy is the first G7 nation to sign up to China's Belt and Road Initiative, which Beijing is using as a strategic bridgehead to gain access to the rest of Europe.



In March last year, Xi traveled to Rome to sign a series of cooperation agreements with the Italian government. Italy agreed to open up four of its ports to Chinese investment and trade to facilitate its infrastructure upgrade. The combined deals are reportedly worth up to 7 billion euros (US$7.97 billion).



By breaking ranks as the first G7 nation to embrace the Belt and Road Initiative, the Italian government hoped it would be able to drink its fill from the fountain of Chinese "easy money." Instead, Rome's love affair with Beijing has exposed the country to the virus and forced its people to drink from a poisoned well.



In Iran, Beijing has been pushing its Belt and Road Initiative since the beginning of 2013. This is because Tehran occupies a pivotal position as a bridge between three continents: Europe, Asia and Africa. China is now Iran's biggest trading partner.



Boxed in by Western sanctions, Iran has for many years been exporting crude oil to China, and vast Chinese investments in the country have brought new railways, roads and other large-scale infrastructure projects.



One of the largest projects, a new railway that would connect Tehran to Urumqi, the administrative capital of China's Xinjiang region, is expected to be completed next year.

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[Anonymous]

China really caught the West with their pants down. If we go back to business as usual, ie, relying on China for essentials. all of the West deserves to be vassal states.

[Anonymous]

South Korean President Moon Jae-in — whose administration has proved to be staunchly pro-China — is facing the wrath of the South Korean public due to his mishandling of the outbreak, and his decision to donate masks to China has been strongly criticized when there was a domestic shortage of masks.



A petition calling for Moon to be impeached has, at the time of writing, garnered 1.4 million signatures. With the petition mocking him as "Chinese Chairman Moon," he is facing the greatest crisis of his presidency.

He is like Joe Biden and Justin Truedeau rolled into one.

[Anonymous]

The route of transmission is no coincidence, much like the Wuhan coronavirus itseld.



Since its discovery in December in the Chinese city of Wuhan, COVID-19 has spread like wildfire around the world, and its impact on the global economy appears to be more serious than many have thought.



However, there is an important fact that has escaped the attention of most observers: The route of the virus' spread corresponds with China's geopolitical interests around the globe.



South Korea and Japan in East Asia, Italy in Europe and Iran in the Middle East: Outside of China, it is in these countries that the virus has strongly taken hold. Similar to Taiwan, Japan and South Korea possess advanced healthcare systems capable of providing a high standard of medical care. Online database Numbeo's "Health Care Index by Country 2020" ranked Taiwan first, followed by South Korea and Japan.



South Korean President Moon Jae-in — whose administration has proved to be staunchly pro-China — is facing the wrath of the South Korean public due to his mishandling of the outbreak, and his decision to donate masks to China has been strongly criticized when there was a domestic shortage of masks.



A petition calling for Moon to be impeached has, at the time of writing, garnered 1.4 million signatures. With the petition mocking him as "Chinese Chairman Moon," he is facing the greatest crisis of his presidency.



However, the most dramatic of all outbreaks is taking place in Italy. Why Italy?



One reason is the relatively high number of Chinese who have immigrated to the country, in particular from Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. Another reason is Italy is the first G7 nation to sign up to China's Belt and Road Initiative, which Beijing is using as a strategic bridgehead to gain access to the rest of Europe.



In March last year, Xi traveled to Rome to sign a series of cooperation agreements with the Italian government. Italy agreed to open up four of its ports to Chinese investment and trade to facilitate its infrastructure upgrade. The combined deals are reportedly worth up to 7 billion euros (US$7.97 billion).



By breaking ranks as the first G7 nation to embrace the Belt and Road Initiative, the Italian government hoped it would be able to drink its fill from the fountain of Chinese "easy money." Instead, Rome's love affair with Beijing has exposed the country to the virus and forced its people to drink from a poisoned well.



In Iran, Beijing has been pushing its Belt and Road Initiative since the beginning of 2013. This is because Tehran occupies a pivotal position as a bridge between three continents: Europe, Asia and Africa. China is now Iran's biggest trading partner.



Boxed in by Western sanctions, Iran has for many years been exporting crude oil to China, and vast Chinese investments in the country have brought new railways, roads and other large-scale infrastructure projects.



One of the largest projects, a new railway that would connect Tehran to Urumqi, the administrative capital of China's Xinjiang region, is expected to be completed next year.

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You Taiwanese traitors make me fucking vomit. Do you have hair in your mouth from kissing white ass,

[Anonymous]

China really caught the West with their pants down. If we go back to business as usual, ie, relying on China for essentials. all of the West deserves to be vassal states.

China has the West by the balls, and they know it.  90-95% of the ingredients in any prescription/non-prescription drug is sourced solely from China.



The West will have to rethink how reliant we want to be on China.



At one time the West could produce anything and everything it needed in house.  Now we produce virtually nothing for a variety of reasons.

[Anonymous]

The route of transmission is no coincidence, much like the Wuhan coronavirus itseld.



Since its discovery in December in the Chinese city of Wuhan, COVID-19 has spread like wildfire around the world, and its impact on the global economy appears to be more serious than many have thought.



However, there is an important fact that has escaped the attention of most observers: The route of the virus' spread corresponds with China's geopolitical interests around the globe.



South Korea and Japan in East Asia, Italy in Europe and Iran in the Middle East: Outside of China, it is in these countries that the virus has strongly taken hold. Similar to Taiwan, Japan and South Korea possess advanced healthcare systems capable of providing a high standard of medical care. Online database Numbeo's "Health Care Index by Country 2020" ranked Taiwan first, followed by South Korea and Japan.



South Korean President Moon Jae-in — whose administration has proved to be staunchly pro-China — is facing the wrath of the South Korean public due to his mishandling of the outbreak, and his decision to donate masks to China has been strongly criticized when there was a domestic shortage of masks.



A petition calling for Moon to be impeached has, at the time of writing, garnered 1.4 million signatures. With the petition mocking him as "Chinese Chairman Moon," he is facing the greatest crisis of his presidency.



However, the most dramatic of all outbreaks is taking place in Italy. Why Italy?



One reason is the relatively high number of Chinese who have immigrated to the country, in particular from Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. Another reason is Italy is the first G7 nation to sign up to China's Belt and Road Initiative, which Beijing is using as a strategic bridgehead to gain access to the rest of Europe.



In March last year, Xi traveled to Rome to sign a series of cooperation agreements with the Italian government. Italy agreed to open up four of its ports to Chinese investment and trade to facilitate its infrastructure upgrade. The combined deals are reportedly worth up to 7 billion euros (US$7.97 billion).



By breaking ranks as the first G7 nation to embrace the Belt and Road Initiative, the Italian government hoped it would be able to drink its fill from the fountain of Chinese "easy money." Instead, Rome's love affair with Beijing has exposed the country to the virus and forced its people to drink from a poisoned well.



In Iran, Beijing has been pushing its Belt and Road Initiative since the beginning of 2013. This is because Tehran occupies a pivotal position as a bridge between three continents: Europe, Asia and Africa. China is now Iran's biggest trading partner.



Boxed in by Western sanctions, Iran has for many years been exporting crude oil to China, and vast Chinese investments in the country have brought new railways, roads and other large-scale infrastructure projects.



One of the largest projects, a new railway that would connect Tehran to Urumqi, the administrative capital of China's Xinjiang region, is expected to be completed next year.

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You Taiwanese traitors make me fucking vomit. Do you have hair in your mouth from kissing white ass,

Good Lord Shen, pull yourself together. Nobody is blaming you personally for the spread of the coronavirus.

[Anonymous]

China really caught the West with their pants down. If we go back to business as usual, ie, relying on China for essentials. all of the West deserves to be vassal states.

China has the West by the balls, and they know it.  90-95% of the ingredients in any prescription/non-prescription drug is sourced solely from China.



The West will have to rethink how reliant we want to be on China.



At one time the West could produce anything and everything it needed in house.  Now we produce virtually nothing for a variety of reasons.

Its because we're greedy & we wanted everything for cheap & gettibg somebody else halfway across the world to work 14 hr days, 6 days a week.



If we bring back all the production to North America or Europe? expect to pay 2 or 3 times as much for the same item. Maybe best case scenario is to find cheap labor from Latin America or Africa.



But where else on the planet can we find a workforce as smart as the Chinese who are willing to work as hard to give us what we want? The typical factory worker who makes our phones in China makes about $3 USD per hour & can't even afford to buy those phones. What Western worker is gonna put up with that kind of inequality & deprivation? It'd be like being invited to a dinner & then a person is told not to eat the food or drink the wine while the hosts consume it all in front of the invitees.



If we want the same thing produced at home, we're gonna have to pay a lot nore for it.

[Anonymous]

China really caught the West with their pants down. If we go back to business as usual, ie, relying on China for essentials. all of the West deserves to be vassal states.

China has the West by the balls, and they know it.  90-95% of the ingredients in any prescription/non-prescription drug is sourced solely from China.



The West will have to rethink how reliant we want to be on China.



At one time the West could produce anything and everything it needed in house.  Now we produce virtually nothing for a variety of reasons.

Its because we're greedy & we wanted everything for cheap & gettibg somebody else halfway across the world to work 14 hr days, 6 days a week.



If we bring back all the production to North America or Europe? expect to pay 2 or 3 times as much for the same item. Maybe best case scenario is to find cheap labor from Latin America or Africa.



But where else on the planet can we find a workforce as smart as the Chinese who are willing to work as hard to give us what we want? The typical factory worker who makes our phones in China makes about $3 USD per hour & can't even afford to buy those phones. What Western worker is gonna put up with that kind of inequality & deprivation? It'd be like being invited to a dinner & then a person is told not to eat the food or drink the wine while the hosts consume it all in front of the invitees.



If we want the same thing produced at home, we're gonna have to pay a lot nore for it.

Bring back slavery ac_umm

[Anonymous]

China really caught the West with their pants down. If we go back to business as usual, ie, relying on China for essentials. all of the West deserves to be vassal states.

China has the West by the balls, and they know it.  90-95% of the ingredients in any prescription/non-prescription drug is sourced solely from China.



The West will have to rethink how reliant we want to be on China.



At one time the West could produce anything and everything it needed in house.  Now we produce virtually nothing for a variety of reasons.

Its because we're greedy & we wanted everything for cheap & gettibg somebody else halfway across the world to work 14 hr days, 6 days a week.



If we bring back all the production to North America or Europe? expect to pay 2 or 3 times as much for the same item. Maybe best case scenario is to find cheap labor from Latin America or Africa.



But where else on the planet can we find a workforce as smart as the Chinese who are willing to work as hard to give us what we want? The typical factory worker who makes our phones in China makes about $3 USD per hour & can't even afford to buy those phones. What Western worker is gonna put up with that kind of inequality & deprivation? It'd be like being invited to a dinner & then a person is told not to eat the food or drink the wine while the hosts consume it all in front of the invitees.



If we want the same thing produced at home, we're gonna have to pay a lot nore for it.

Just about everybody in China has a smart phone now..



While wages are low, they're rising and automation is putting Chinese factory workers out of jobs..