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Bad China

 

China's Consequence.

· Most everyone believes the COVID-19 virus came from a lab in Wuhan, China.

· Most everyone believes China deliberately developed this virus.

· Most do not know if China intentionally released this virus - for whatever reasons.

· Most everyone believes China is not giving full information on the nature of this problem.


Thus, yet another black flag is associated with China in world memory. An earlier one concerns Huawei's spy communications chips. Need we mention China’s decades long use of prison labor in their factories and now Uyghur labor in their concentration camps. Who can forget Chairman Mao’s Great Cultural revolution, with 20 million deaths. Massive death is no stranger in China. Their latest abrogation of human rights is their absorption of Hong Kong. Fishing in the South China Sea is almost impossible these days if your ship doesn’t fly a Chinese flag. Therefore, in the future, China faces a horrific problem of trust – not to mention ethics.


A. What happens if another deadly viral release appears worldwide? China?
B. What happens when China releases more cell phones or communications equipment, even with another manufacturer? What secrets does it contain?

It is a definite fact that a substantial part of all political training in China is devoted to the art of enemy deception. (See Michael Pillsbury, "The Hundred-Year Marathon." Great book.) The small implication is that China will be pitching curve balls to the entire world. They already own much of Africa – thank you tin-horn dictators.

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