China is under global attack from all sides. It’s not just the government, but a sizeable portion of the Chinese people who cooperate with that government. We don’t know how many in China are part of the problem or the solution. Reports from China remain silenced and Chinese culture is beaten down and overtly compliant even to tyranny. While Chinese students at Western universities volunteer themselves as mouthpieces for Chinese Communist propaganda, they join the party deemed guilty by the jury of the world.
African governments are in panic about Chinese government gentrification of their own nations. China is seen as the villain who covered up information vital to the EU. Great Britain is fed up with China, claiming the Chinese don’t just lack or hide information, but lie about it. Trump has been warning the world about China since before he was president—arguably that got him elected.
Then again, there’s Taiwan again. Former US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, has a petition for Taiwan to be admitted to the WHO. Even in a recent scuffle over some infected Navy sailors who walked around in Taiwanese public, there still are no new person-to-person virus cases in Taiwan 14 days later. The staggering success is largely accredited to Taiwan’s miraculously brilliant and swift handling of the situation. It’s all based on a germ-phobic population, slow and steady sectional school closing protocols, but it started with immediate and utter lockdown against the since-become world villain: China.
Taiwan has foresight. Maybe that’s why China wants Taiwan out of the WHO. And now, the truth isn’t hiding anymore.
Great Pacific
“Rebel from the outside”
Bookseller urges external HK resistance // Taipei Times
Kaohsiung police hold three over HK bookseller attack // Taipei Times
Bookseller who fled Hong Kong attacked with red paint in Taiwan // Yahoo News
China
Virus Outbreak: China tried to block EU criticism // Taipei Times
DOMINIC LAWSON: We’ve been far too cosy with China, but a Tory revolt is fighting back // Daily Mail
US and UK propagandists put their Chinese rivals to shame // SCMP
Taiwan
Petition by Nikki Haley backs Taiwan’s WHO bid // Taipei Times
It’s actually under discussion!
Virus Outbreak: No lockdown needed in Taiwan: Chen // Taipei Times
Taiwan’s navy ship outbreak threatens its coronavirus success // Straits Times
Hong Kong
Hong Kong leader replaces five top officials // Taipei Times
5 Hong Kong ministers replaced in cabinet reshuffle // HKFP
Korean Peninsula
US monitoring intelligence that North Korean leader is in grave danger after surgery // CNN
Military Faceoff
US aircraft passes south of Taiwan for 12th time // Taipei Times