[Text / Observer Net Xu Qianang] The severity of the new US pneumonia epidemic is beyond imagination, and the Republicans ’dream of resuming work cannot be achieved as scheduled. Now that Congress has fallen into a semi-adjournment state, the “hawks against China” lawmakers who cannot advance their agendas try to blame China for the failure of the US epidemic prevention. Some Republican lawmakers are even preparing to make hilarious bills that allow American citizens to sue China in the US Federal Court.
On April 16, Republican senator Tom Cotton and Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw initiated a draft claiming that China should be responsible for the outbreak of the United States, and that American citizens can take the Chinese government to the US Federal Court I want the Chinese government to compensate Americans for their deaths, injuries, and economic losses.
Article 4 of the draft also claims that “any country that causes the virus to spread outwards needs to face trials in the US judicial system.”
Original text of the draft
Such a draft also received support from some members of the “Chinese Hawks”, such as Republican Senator Martha Blackburn. On April 12, Martha Blackburn, in an interview with a radio program, even referred to China as “the new evil axis.” “China must be responsible for the epidemic. They are not our friends,” she said. “You can see that China seems to feel like it can bully the world.”
Observer Network combed and found that since April 14th, there have been Rep. Wellinghorse, Senator Blackburn, Senator Holly, Senator Cotton, Senator Cruz, Senator Graham, Senator Ten Republican MPs including Senator Johnson, Senator Denis, Senator Rubio, and Senator Murphy came forward and demanded that China be responsible for the US epidemic and called on the US government to take corresponding sanctions against China.
Not only that, on April 9, Republicans of the US House of Representatives Oversight and Reform Committee sent a collective letter to WHO and its Director General Tan Desai, asking the latter to explain “relationship with China.” Trump himself also said at last night’s press conference, “I (for China) are not very happy.”
In response to the epidemic, the US government was insufficiently prepared in the early stage and slowed down in the later stage of action-this is an indisputable fact.
Richard Houghton, editor-in-chief of The Lancet, said in early April that in the early stages of the global outbreak, China ’s message was very clear, “but we were wasting the entire February.” Judging from the development trajectory of the US epidemic, the country ’s first confirmed case appeared on January 15 and signs of the outbreak occurred at the end of February, but the United States only issued isolation measures such as “maintaining social distance” until March 16. CNN News wrote in an article on April 17 that the outbreak of China and other Asian countries was earlier than that of Europe and the United States, but Western countries neither valued nor prepared, and even ignored China’s experience in epidemic prevention. They were caught off guard when the epidemic landed.
Shen Yi, an associate professor in the Department of International Politics at Fudan University in China, pointed out in an interview with Observer.com that epidemic prevention and control is a test of the governance of governments in various countries. When the White House does not do enough anti-epidemic work, it does not do its business or serve the people. The political point of view to discredit China has already “failed” in this test.
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying made it clear at the end of March that on January 3, China has officially started to regularly report to the US to share relevant information. On January 7, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Embassy in China had issued health warnings to travel to Wuhan. On January 25, the US announced that it would close its consulate in Wuhan and evacuate its personnel. On February 2, the US government closed the border to all Chinese citizens and foreigners who have been to China in the past 14 days. After so many days have passed, there are still people in the US clamoring for China to be responsible for the US epidemic. Are they not guilty or guilty? These people tried to make the world’s largest pot and dump it to China, making China the biggest scapegoat. However, this pot is too big, I’m sorry, they can’t throw it out.
Post time: Apr-18-2020