Chinanews.com, Paris, February 29th. A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in France responded to recent Chinese media's fallacy on China on February 29th.
The spokesman pointed out that with the unremitting efforts of the Chinese government and people and the strong support of the international community, China's domestic fight against the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic has shown a positive trend. However, at the crucial moment when the Chinese people worked together to win the final victory in the fight against the epidemic, individual French media ignored the facts and lost the basic morality and conscience of the news media.
The spokesman said that some media outlets said that the epidemic would "reflect the consequences of excessive government and business reliance on China." Anyone with a little economic sense knows that in the era of globalization, countries are interdependent. If some countries or enterprises depend on China, it is the natural result of globalization plus market competition, and it is a win-win situation for the benefit of others. Although China faces temporary difficulties due to the epidemic, the fundamentals of a long-term positive economy have not changed. In today's globalized world, all glory can be glorified, all can be damaged, and all countries can work together to overcome the difficulties.
The spokesman said that China was originally a developing country. China's urban-rural gap and regional disparity are still very large, and the problem of imbalanced and insufficient economic development is still relatively prominent. It is precisely that some people in the West have forced us into a "developed country" hat. For any country in the world, what's wrong with asking the international community for help? If a developed country encounters a disaster, can it not ask the international community for help?
The spokesman said that some media accused "China of obstructing foreign governments from evacuating its diaspora in Wuhan." This is purely reversed black and white, referring to deer as a horse. The fact is that, while China is still struggling to fight the epidemic, it still has its own staff to assist foreign governments in evacuation, including assisting the French government to evacuate more than 500 French and other European nationals from Wuhan through three charter flights. Many governments, including the French government, have expressed gratitude to China for this and praised the Chinese government for its spirit of cooperation and responsibility in the evacuation operation.
The spokesman also pointed out that some media scorned that the Chinese government's "expulsion" of three Wall Street Journal reporters in Beijing that hurt the feelings of the Chinese people was "playing a nationalist card." An article published by the "Wall Street Journal" used the outbreak to smear the Chinese government's malicious attacks, and even titled it with a racist title "China is the real sick man in Asia", which seriously hurt the Chinese people ’s national feelings and violated the West The "universal value" advertised by the country itself. As a journalist, to justify an article like this is either a racist in itself or an ulterior motive.
The spokesman said that taking quarantine measures in the event of a severe epidemic was the most effective way to control the epidemic. In fact, the World Health Organization has long established China's prevention and control measures as an international benchmark. In China, neighborhood committees are responsible for purchasing food for the isolated residents, so that the lives of the isolated people have no worries, and the community remains orderly. This just shows that the Chinese government is dedicated to the people and that the governance is efficient, and it just shows the superiority of the Chinese system. Faced with the spread of the epidemic, the Italian government has recently decided to isolate 11 cities, and even issued an administrative order. Those who violate the quarantine rules will face a maximum penalty of 3 months. (Finish)