I think we’d seriously need some substantial evidence first to prove it was China before we do anything like that
Well seeing as China deliberately tried to cover up the virus outbreak, I feel it's only fair that they are held solely responsible for the outbreak.
Indeed when the doctor who first discovered it had tried to warn his fellow medical professionals, the first reaction of China was to not to ask for assistance from the worldwide community and potentially carry out actions to contain the virus but to send police around and force him to sign a document accusing him of spreading lies and disturbing the social order.
When Li Wenliang warned about a Sars-like virus at his hospital in Wuhan, authorities tried to silence him.
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The fact that the worldwide community offered their assistance THREE times which was refused by China before China decided to accept the help is not the sign of a helpless country.
The US made two direct offers and a third indirect one via the WHO to send scientists to China to help address the coronavirus outbreak - but China only accepted after the HHS revealed this on Tuesday.
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Even going as far as blaming the US for a virus outbreak that their OWN doctors tried to warn them about.
Beijing has suggested that coronavirus was brought to China by the US military and has claimed that Washington has something to hide.“It might be US army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan. Be transparent!” tweeted Zhao Lijian, the foreign ministry spokesman. “Make public your data! US owe us an ex
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As to the economy, well it might have escaped some people's notice but there is a country called Taiwan near China and I'm sure they be only too happy to agree to trade deals in return for official recognition in the international community.
China needs the world more then we need it because there's other countries who would be happy to produce the goods we need.
The very least that China should do is offer a public apology not only to its doctors that it silenced but to the world for