Quote from: "cc"Russian flu ....Chinese virus ...  swine  ac_biggrin

Quote from: "cc"Hong Kong ... Asian .. Spanish

Quote from: "Odinson"A lot of new diseases are named after the place of origin or after the patient zero.





Though I would have a problem if they named some micropenis disease or an STD after me.

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Quote from: "cc"I have am unaware if anything China does that is not geared toward providing advantage to it's govt



All "Dick"tatorships operate that way ... but China seems to try harder at it and is more effective

They have the money and networks to carry it out.

Next you'll be saying Beijing is using CI's to spread the coronavirus.

I wonder.

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Quote from: "cc"I have am unaware if anything China does that is not geared toward providing advantage to it's govt



All "Dick"tatorships operate that way ... but China seems to try harder at it and is more effective

They have the money and networks to carry it out.

Next you'll be saying Beijing is using CI's to spread the coronavirus.

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Quote from: "cc"I have am unaware if anything China does that is not geared toward providing advantage to it's govt



All "Dick"tatorships operate that way ... but China seems to try harder at it and is more effective

They have the money and networks to carry it out.

Quote from: "cc"I have am unaware if anything China does that is not geared toward providing advantage to it's govt



All "Dick"tatorships operate that way ... but China seems to try harder at it and is more effective

Quote from: "Fashionista"They are not benevolent cultural institutes.



Confucius Institutes are described as non-profit public institutions aligned with the government of the People's Republic of China whose purpose is to promote Chinese language and culture, as well as facilitate cultural exchanges. This seemingly benign purpose leaves out a number of purposes both salient and sinister, namely, sanitizing China's image abroad, enhancing its "soft power" globally, and creating a new generation of China watchers who well-disposed towards the Communist dictatorship.1



While the Confucius Institutes are sometimes compared to France's Alliance Francaise and Germany's Goethe-Institut, this is misleading. Unlike the latter, Confucius Institutes are neither independent from their government, nor do they occupy their own premises. Instead, they are located within established universities and colleges around the world, and are directed and funded by the so-called Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban), located in Beijing, which answers in turn to the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and, chiefly, to the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party.



The ongoing controversies surrounding the operation of the Confucius Institute program go far beyond its name, of course. They include, as already mentioned, the troubling fact that Hanban is effectively run by the CCP's United Front Work Department. In addition, there have been allegations of Confucius Institutes undermining academic freedom at host universities, engaging in industrial and military espionage, monitoring the activities of Chinese students abroad, and attempting to advance the Chinese Party-State's political agenda on such issues as the Dalai Lama and Tibet, Taiwan independence, the pro-democracy movement abroad, and dissent within China itself.

https://www.pop.org/confucius-institutes-trojan-horses-with-chinese-characteristics/">https://www.pop.org/confucius-institute ... teristics/">https://www.pop.org/confucius-institutes-trojan-horses-with-chinese-characteristics/

QuoteChina's ambassador to South Africa on Friday cheered former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for advancing the Chinese Communist Party's official line about the coronavirus not being a "Chinese virus."



"Justice always speak loudly," Tian Xuejun tweeted.

Quote from: "Fashionista"They are not benevolent cultural institutes.



Confucius Institutes are described as non-profit public institutions aligned with the government of the People's Republic of China whose purpose is to promote Chinese language and culture, as well as facilitate cultural exchanges. This seemingly benign purpose leaves out a number of purposes both salient and sinister, namely, sanitizing China's image abroad, enhancing its "soft power" globally, and creating a new generation of China watchers who well-disposed towards the Communist dictatorship.1



While the Confucius Institutes are sometimes compared to France's Alliance Francaise and Germany's Goethe-Institut, this is misleading. Unlike the latter, Confucius Institutes are neither independent from their government, nor do they occupy their own premises. Instead, they are located within established universities and colleges around the world, and are directed and funded by the so-called Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban), located in Beijing, which answers in turn to the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and, chiefly, to the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party.



The ongoing controversies surrounding the operation of the Confucius Institute program go far beyond its name, of course. They include, as already mentioned, the troubling fact that Hanban is effectively run by the CCP's United Front Work Department. In addition, there have been allegations of Confucius Institutes undermining academic freedom at host universities, engaging in industrial and military espionage, monitoring the activities of Chinese students abroad, and attempting to advance the Chinese Party-State's political agenda on such issues as the Dalai Lama and Tibet, Taiwan independence, the pro-democracy movement abroad, and dissent within China itself.

https://www.pop.org/confucius-institutes-trojan-horses-with-chinese-characteristics/">https://www.pop.org/confucius-institute ... teristics/">https://www.pop.org/confucius-institutes-trojan-horses-with-chinese-characteristics/