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True. (Proviso that it's up and running). It will be soon and it can make a big difference.
By the way. It has drained 2-4% of my battery each day and is always in the background. Battery optimization is off so it does use a fair bit of battery.
China is lying and evil.
My battery is dying substantially quicker at work today, I'll leave it on for a month, if restrictions haven't eased much by the start of June I'll delete the app.
The volcanoI have read quite a bit about Pompeii - who won there?
Trump maybe distracting, but seriously, who cares if he is, it doesn't change anything.Apologies then if it came off that way, but I'm one that is critical of both the PRC and US. When I said 'all this' I meant the current controversy with the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's remarks about the coronavirus.
My views are the CCP is practicing (as usual) systemic cover-ups and censorship and lack of transparency, and Trump's administration bungling the response and now practicing deflection towards PRC to distract attention from their mishandling.
So who do we believe then?
China don't seem to want anyone to know where it came from.
If the stories are true, why are there people missing that could have told us where it came from[You know why-as The Sun link, 2.5, below highlights]
And by the way even in the incredible chance that came from a lab, it changes very little.[If covid-19 escaped from the Wuhan lab studying bat viruses, China will be excoriated much more strongly over its culpability]
False equivalence.Don't believe anybody (but especially Trump).
Is it because the CCP has probably murdered the whistleblower doctors & reporters who have "disappeared"?I believe we do not know, in detail, where it came from.
We know, approximately where, and approximately when, and will probably never know in detail, more than that.
That's my point. Some of those calling for an inquiry are those who've already blamed China for what's occurred within their borders, and probably like you, couldn't conceive their culpability as being any less than they've presupposed.
I'm all for an impartial, non-political, inquiry aimed at fact finding. And I think countries like Australia and their citizens should have the balls to wear whatever cost pushing for that comes at (and I'm not talking about expenditure here), but as so many on here demonstrate, the motivation seems not driven by impartiality, to which I can see why China object as they do, despite finding their method of objection childish. I mean no one called for an inquiry when the US ignored CDC recommendations on how to contain the spread of H1N1, so there has to be one standard for all, otherwise it's just a politcal farce.
China giving Australia a reality check.What amuses me is people like to just bring Trump up as the deflector.
The USA is not the only country effected by this, yes, he may be deflecting, but, is it a lie that this came from China?
What do you make of China threatening trade bans on Australia, deflection?
Deflecting by saying it came from China?The issue is, this came from China, whether Trump, or anyone else is deflecting, doesn't change that.
I have noticed there are a few on here that keep bringing up Trump as if it's his fault.
You could say, they are deflecting.
That's all anyone including slo mo is calling for, an independent inquiry to the origins and the why. Yet Chinese public officials like the ambassador to Australia are in defensive mode for no known reason, unless they think there is an ulterior motive for which they have no reason to think that. Or it maybe that they do indeed have something to hide.
The reactions suggest they do.
Whichever you boil it down and dissect it originated from somewhere and for a reason, seems likely it was in China. There is no known reason an investigation should not be conducted for the purposes of future preparations.
If China is held to account for incompetence and or conspiracy then so be it, bad luck, that's life.
What are your opinions of the reactions of Chinese officials for an innocent investigation?
No reported cases in New Zeland today they are the same level as us. I wonder who will get to Level 2 sooner.
Jacinta Arden is meeting with the Australian National Cabinet on Tuesday.
I have no doubt there will be a investigation and China would know this as well but now is not the appropriate time. You have the USA with a lot of anti China rhetoric supercharged more by the impending election and many nations trying to come to terms with internally overcoming there own issues with the virus.
I just hope that the fallout is handled better than the last crisis where in the end nobody was really help accountable for the GFC.
This news report, in your link, shows the intelligence agencies of the US, Britain, Canada, Australia & NZ have the view that China had considerable early knowledge of how contagious & deadly covid-19 was, & the CCP was involved in an intentional massive cover-up.This is getting worst and worst for China... I can see them being alienated on the world stage, the evidence is becoming absolute in terms of them being criminally compliant in providing misinformation and purposely lying to the global community about the true origins of Covid19 and the impact it has as a human to human to virus.
Don't expect the allies of the CCP to support calls for an independent investigation into the covid-19 origins, China's cover-ups, & probable executions of whistleblowers; nor will they condemn China for threatening Australia, & other countries, who are pursuing an independent investigation, with economic retaliation/Chinese trade embargoes etc.What are your opinions of the reactions of Chinese officials for an innocent investigation?
The evidence provided from the South China Morning Post- leaked Chinese govt. documents- is that the mysterious, contagious, deadly disease was known in Wuhan about mid November- & perhaps earlier.There is no doubt that China delayed information for a couple of weeks[at least 2 months] given the time line to try to contain the issue. The 14 day issue with this virus would have played a part as well which was also one of the reasons for the slow reaction of the Western World with not putting in place lockdown procedures till mid March.
Yes.Has anybody ever denied it came from China?
But it's only China that's been held to account.
The US is always anti China, it's pertinent that an independent investigation takes place, now or later. If there are grounds to hold any individual or party to account then they will be held to account. This is an unprecedented situation and I can't see the world just letting said party or individuals or nation off scott free.
That ain't happenin.
I fully agree regarding the investigation but without the presumption of guilt.
This guy knows more than anyone here.
Yet Chinese public officials like the ambassador to Australia are in defensive mode for no known reason, unless they think there is an ulterior motive for which they have no reason to think that.
What are your opinions of the reactions of Chinese officials for an innocent investigation?
On 5.1.20, China told the WHO it had only 11 cases, in total, of the "mysterious lung infection", & that it was not contagious- yet it decided on 23.1 to lockdown Wuhan, a city of 11m- & a few days later, Hubei province, 60m! A major overreaction for a few dozen cases, don't you think?I fully agree regarding the investigation but without the presumption of guilt.
Here's where you and I disagree. I think they have a definite reason to be suspicious of the political motivations and don't share your presumption of an innocent investigation. Certain western countries have already shown their hand in public attempts to scapegoat.
I posted earlier, I have always found China's reactionary wolf diplomacy boorish. It's like the CCP are still a child on the world stage and it's quite common they carry on like tools when other countries or organisations don't tow their line. Just look at the crap they pulled with the NBA or when the leader of a sovereign nation plans to meet with the Dalai Lama. It's like a child throwing a tantrum.
Your being extremely generous.WMDs in Iraq were (somewhat) understandable as it was based on faulty intelligence at the time.
What's amusing (if it wasn't disturbing) is that Pompeo contradicted his own intelligence authorities who don't have any evidence it was bio-engineered.
Just because China views it as an ulterior motive doesn't justify trying to avoid an investigation.