Friday, July 31, 2020

What Are We Allowed to Believe About China?

In his Yorba Linda speech outlining the change in approach to China, Pompeo said what you know is true though are not allowed to believe - that opening trade to China has been a disaster, not just for America, but for the rest of the world.

Are you allowed to believe that China played a role in the mask-mandate debate roiling America? Until this spring it seemed to be fairly commonly accepted science that cloth face masks did little or nothing to prevent the spread of viruses, going so far that in early June the World Health Organization's technical lead on COVID-19 suggested masks are useless because asymptomatic spread of the virus is rare.

Are you allowed to believe China is involved in promoting the violence and unrest in America's cities? Last week the State Department ordered China's consulate in Houston closed, which occasioned a quick bonfire of documents in the courtyard of that building so large that the local fire department was called to the scene.

Is China promoting Antifa and Black Lives Matter? Wouldn't it be in the interest of that regime to foment unrest in our streets to balance its own internal issues? The world has been made aware, in technicolor, of Chinese abuse of the Uyghurs - from photographs of bound prisoners being loaded onto trains to NBA coaches admitting their training camps in western China were essentially concentration camps for Chinese minorities.

Are you allowed to believe China is meddling in the 2020 election?

Are you allowed to believe that China exercises significant influence over America's major media? Chinese investors and companies, all with ties to the Chinese Communist Party, hold relatively significant stock positions in all six of the media companies that control 90 percent of the television channels and film entertainment producers in America.

What are you allowed to believe about China and what they're doing? Nothing? Anything? Are you allowed to believe the Chinese are not standing idly by waiting to see if Trump gets reelected and finishes his project of draining our supply chain out of that country?

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