The threat of Covid should kindle global cooperation, not a new cold war with China | Richard Horton | The Guardian – on August 3, 2020 at 11:09 am
A wave of anti-China feeling, fostered by western governments, is rising. But it is misplaced – and threatens international peaceCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFrom the very beginning of this pandemic, legitimate questions have been asked about what Chinese authorities have known, and when. The detention and questioning of, then the sanctions imposed on Li Wenliang, the doctor who alerted friends about the existence of a new Sars-like virus on 30 December, indicated a profound fear among government officials about the dangers of allowing information about this outbreak to leak out nationally and globally. He was gagged by the Wuhan police for alleged “rumour-mongering”. He became infected with the virus and died on 7 February, aged 34. He was married with a son. His partner, Fu Xuejie, gave birth to their second son on 12 June.China has come under increasing international scrutiny and criticism – for its “wolf-warrior diplomacy”, the imprisonment and repression of the Uighur people in Xinjiang, denial of freedoms to Tibetans, belligerence towards Taiwan, the potential dangers of allowing Huawei to be part of western 5G technologies, its claims to the South China Sea, and the imposition of a draconian national security law in Hong Kong that has seemingly extinguished the pro-democracy movement. Continue reading…
A wave of anti-China feeling, fostered by western governments, is rising. But it is misplaced – and threatens international peace
From the very beginning of this pandemic, legitimate questions have been asked about what Chinese authorities have known, and when. The detention and questioning of, then the sanctions imposed on Li Wenliang, the doctor who alerted friends about the existence of a new Sars-like virus on 30 December, indicated a profound fear among government officials about the dangers of allowing information about this outbreak to leak out nationally and globally. He was gagged by the Wuhan police for alleged “rumour-mongering”. He became infected with the virus and died on 7 February, aged 34. He was married with a son. His partner, Fu Xuejie, gave birth to their second son on 12 June.
China has come under increasing international scrutiny and criticism – for its “wolf-warrior diplomacy”, the imprisonment and repression of the Uighur people in Xinjiang, denial of freedoms to Tibetans, belligerence towards Taiwan, the potential dangers of allowing Huawei to be part of western 5G technologies, its claims to the South China Sea, and the imposition of a draconian national security law in Hong Kong that has seemingly extinguished the pro-democracy movement.
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