China May Finally Pay a Price for Its Coronavirus Lies

By Ryan Helfenbein, WESTERN JOURNAL

Alex Wong / Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump speaks as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and Vice President Mike Pence listen during a news briefing on the latest development of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. at the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on March 20, 2020, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong / Getty Images)

The coronavirus pandemic has already had devastating effect. Over 270,000 cases have been confirmed worldwide with over 11,000 fatalities.

In the United States, over 18,000 cases have been reported with 233 deaths. In addition, the economic toll has already been felt as several states’ unemployment websites have crashed earlier in the week.

While we are nowhere near the end of this, many are pointing fingers at China.

Is the coronavirus the beginning of a new Cold War with China? If so, it should be clear to all Americans that Beijing is responsible.

At Wednesday’s news briefing, the president made headlines when defending his use of the term “China virus” with reporters who were questioning whether the term sparked racial animus. The president responded, “Cause it came from China. It’s not racist at all, no, not at all. It comes from China, that’s why. I want to be accurate.”

While American media misses the obvious, Beijing is already two steps ahead.

The Chinese Communist Party has been in a full-fledged propaganda campaign for weeks to detract, discredit and ultimately deny any responsibility for the COVID-19 pandemic that has brought the global economy to a grinding halt. This comes as the Italian government is now reporting that its death toll has now surpassed the numbers the CCP has been reporting for weeks.

Do we really trust Beijing or the CCP to tell the truth?

According to Chinese news media, “foreign arrivals” are to blame for the origin of the virus. The CCP has also been detaining any doctors or whistleblowers who have bravely spoken out about the government’s early mishandling of the deadly outbreak in December.

The Chinese government first reported the coronavirus to the World Health Organization in late December 2019. The WHO until now has largely played a surrogacy role to China’s international strategy in developing nations and has barred Taiwan from membership. The WHO routinely praised China’s leadership and transparency in the early weeks of the COVID-19 outbreak. While playing CCP puppet, the WHO has largely been bankrolled with U.S. taxpayer dollars.

The CCP is desperately dodging facts to avoid a global perception that could have devastating impact on China’s economic future.

A government that cannot be tested cannot be trusted. The CCP’s track record with truth, decency and transparency has led to multiple catastrophic disasters, severe human rights violations and numerous health crises with devastating impact. There are many stories the CCP suppresses and the American foreign media refuses to cover. The world finally is at a standstill place to pay attention.

The United States, under President Trump’s leadership, along with the world, must now decide what future economic partnership with China looks like.

This goes beyond free-trade agreements and agricultural subsidies. It is clear that global elites have miscalculated the long-term costs of reliance upon Chinese production and manufacturing for critical infrastructure needs, including medical devices, pharmaceuticals and health services.

Rising production costs coupled with consummate theft of intellectual property were acceptable losses for access to Chinese raw materials and production capabilities for decades, until now. This is all in question due to the pandemic that the CCP has created, whose absolute costs in terms of human life and economic loss have yet to be calculated.