The unemployment rate has soared! The United States is forcibly restarting in a morbid state, and selfish politicians are still speculating about the "China threat"
[Global Times comprehensive report] "The government's verbal attacks on China have been too fierce ... We are returning to the era of 'McCarthyism', or like the Hitler period of the 1930s." In an interview with CNN, I commented on the recent frequent attacks and dumping of the Trump administration and some US politicians on China. On the same day, another Republican member of the US House of Representatives named McCarthy announced the establishment of the "China Working Group" to strengthen response to "existing and emerging China threats across fields." At present, the epidemic continues to spread on a large scale in the United States, dumping the pot abroad and attacking China, and forcibly restarting the economy internally have become the two major focuses of the Trump administration and the Republican Party's attempt to get rid of the responsibility for "weak response to the epidemic" in the 2020 election year. On the 8th, the US Department of Labor announced that the number of non-agricultural employment decreased by 20.5 million in April, the largest decline since record, and the unemployment rate soared to 14.7%, the highest since World War II. To restart the economy, the Trump administration threw aside the “reopening guidelines” developed by CDC experts. Many analysts worry that restarting the economy may cause the epidemic to expand again. "Washington Post" on the 7th referred to Trump as "lost populist leader fighting the epidemic", the newspaper commented that such populists claim to love the people, but in fact because of stupidity and delusion, they are Sacrificing your own voters. "Words and deeds (of the Trump administration) prove that they cannot defeat the epidemic while fighting against the truth."
The US House of Representatives established the "China Working Group"
On the 7th local time, Republican leader McCarthy of the US House of Representatives announced the establishment of the "China Working Group" in response to "China's threats to the United States at all levels." Another Republican Rep. McCall is the chairman of the "China Working Group," which also includes 14 Republican members of the House Committees. McCarthy declared that the "China Working Group" will submit a comprehensive report and legislative proposals against China by October this year. He said the working group will investigate China ’s “influential actions against American society, campuses, and various institutions, the economic threat posed to the US government and allies, efforts to gain technological advantage, and the role played in the origin and spread of the new crown virus. ".
McCarthy also attacked China again on the epidemic that day, claiming that "Chinese cover up the epidemic" caused the current crisis. He preached: "We must not only hold China accountable for the epidemic, but also take bold actions to better compete with China on the world stage." "This is not only the number one issue for the United States today, but also the number one issue for the future."
"Washington Post" said that this is not the first time that US lawmakers have formed a working group to "target the Chinese threat." McCarthy said he had discussed the issue of the "China Working Group" with Democrat House Speaker Pelosi in June last year. But in February of this year, Democratic lawmakers withdrew from the plan. In response, a senior aide to a senior Democrat MP said: "It is very necessary for us to hold China accountable for its actions." "However, to some extent, this move may be the failure of the Trump administration to (respond to the epidemic). The scapegoat of the pot, we will not agree with this. "
Ironically, the US House of Representatives' hyped "China Threat" working group had just announced its establishment, and reports of the chairman of the working group, McCall's wife, holding Chinese company stocks. USPolitics News reported later that day that McCall's wife was found to hold shares in Chinese Internet giant Tencent. According to reports, these stocks were purchased in late February and were worth between US $ 50,000 and US $ 100,000. The report also stated that McCall had previously described Tencent as a "threat to US national security." In response, some American netizens questioned: "Why are these politicians shouting 'China threat' while holding money from Chinese companies to make money?"
"Voice of America" said on the 7th that the voice of the US Congress "accounting for China's responsibilities" is continuing to rise. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Graham and many other Republican senators announced the same day that they would introduce a bill to pursue accountability and sanctions against China. Regarding the form of sanctions that the United States will adopt, Graham said in an interview with the media, "We can impose sanctions by imposing tariffs." The report said that US lawmakers have recently introduced a series of bills to "blame Beijing", but none of them has entered the formal deliberation stage.
"Chinese conspiracy theory" becomes a campaign tool for American politicians
Regarding the attacks and denigration by American politicians, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying questioned successively at a press conference on the 8th: "I don't know what responsibility some Americans want to pursue? The United States has the most abundant medical resources and the most advanced technology in the world Countries, but now the number of diagnoses and deaths in the United States ranks first in the world. In this case, some people have publicly incited to transfer their responsibility for ineffectiveness to China, what face do they have to accuse China? Do they not Should we blame their people? "Hua Chunying scolded:" Ignoring the facts and dumping the pot to China without a bottom line, this kind of performance can only vividly explain what a rogue is. "
"A campaign season full of 'China's new crown pneumonia conspiracy theory'," CNN published on the 7th a comment from Stephen Roach, a professor at Yale University and a former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, that attacking China has become The increasingly desperate Republican Party and its fragile leadership will focus on the upcoming 2020 election. The Trump administration ’s attacks on China are just the latest in a series of unproven conspiracy theories. Roach said that the United States has long received a large number of early warnings of the outbreak, but the real problem is that Trump as a leader endlessly transmits false and false information about the outbreak and is not responsible: he once said that "the virus will magically disappear." "He repeatedly falsely claimed that the US virus detection is the best in the world; he turned daily outbreak briefings into political struggles; he even advocated the use of dangerous disinfectants to inject into the human body." As the president's performance is getting worse, his attacks on China will be more intense. The article said that the Trump team is crazy to adopt new anti-China policies. This strategy has made American public opinion towards China more negative than ever. Roach worries that it is foolish to turn this pandemic tragedy into an epidemic war. "Another cold war is bad enough. The combination of xenophobia and the soaring unemployment rate is reminiscent of the painful era in history. Just look at the 1930s."
According to the Daily Wire News Network of the United States, former US ambassador to China Baucus said in an interview on the 6th: "We are returning to the era of 'McCarthyism', when McCarthy waited everywhere to buckle the 'red elements' hat, inciting the fight against communism. Many people know that it is wrong, but they dare not stand up and say something, they are afraid. "Baucus, who served as an ambassador to China during the Obama administration, said:" Now in the United States, if someone says something fair about China, He or she will be scared and worry that his head will be cut off. "" It is very similar to the situation in Germany in the 1930s ... I am worried that some (similar things) are happening now, which is very dangerous. "
Russian Ambassador to China Denisov said in an interview with RIA Novosti on the 8th that the United States exerted pressure on China on the epidemic, first of all, the United States attempted to squeeze China as a competitor out of the international market. In addition, the domestic presidential campaign in the United States has begun, and the Trump administration "is pursuing very special interests. There is no justice in it, it is entirely political conspiracy." Denisov said that the US charges against China are completely unfair. "We are on the side of China on this issue. Because this involves the threat of viruses to all mankind, we need everyone to deal with it instead of using this issue as a political weapon."
"Restart the economy amidst the danger of the resurgence of the epidemic"
On the 8th, the US Department of Labor released a report saying that the economic shutdown caused by the epidemic caused a historic and devastating blow to the US labor market. The number of non-agricultural employment in the United States decreased by 20.5 million in April, and the unemployment rate in April soared to 14.7%. At the same time, real-time data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States showed that as of 7 a.m. local time on the 8th, the cumulative number of diagnosed cases in the United States rose to 1,256,972, the cumulative number of deaths was 75,662, and the number of newly confirmed cases was 2,820 on the 7th , 2231 new deaths were added.
"As the United States is experiencing the worst public health and economic crisis in generations, the pillars of Trump's re-election have turned into two: accusing China and restarting the economy." Reuters reported on the 7th that Trump ignored the infection There will be warnings of new peaks in the number of people and deaths, and attempts to forcibly restart the economy will bring political risks. After Georgia and Florida recently restarted their economies, the number of local deaths soared.
CNN said on the 7th that top CDC scholars had recently written a "Guide to the Reopening of the US Framework", but it was shelved by the White House. "Washington Post" said that Trump has shelved the new guidelines because it is too strict. A senior government official said: "The terrible warnings issued by public health experts are inconsistent with the president's call for a restart of the economy."
The Associated Press said that by the end of the week, 43 of the 50 US states had begun or started to restart the economy, but 17 of them failed to comply with the standards of the White House ’s previous regulations on loosening restrictions, such as new cases or The infection rate decreases for 14 consecutive days, and high-intensity testing should be performed.
"The United States restarts its economy in the danger of a resurgence of the epidemic," "Japan Economic News" said on the 8th that US President Trump, eager to restore the economy, urged states to restart the economy, but Fuch, the top US infectious disease expert, sounded the sloppy restrictions The alarm bell said, "The epidemic will break out in an instant." According to the latest forecast from the University of Washington, the number of deaths in the United States will rise to 135,000 by early August, more than twice the number predicted a month ago.
"Washington Post" said on the 7th that the United States has more confirmed cases and deaths than any other country, this is because the Trump administration has long ignored the threat of the epidemic. It did not lead to conduct more virus tests, nor did it reserve enough medical equipment. After the outbreak, it hurriedly proposed poor remedies (such as injecting disinfectants into the human body). Now he hopes to reopen while the number of cases is still increasing. Open economy. The article said that a government led by such populists tends to ignore the suggestions of scientists and tailor "alternative facts" to their own preferences; they are good at dividing domestic people and it is difficult to unite people to resist common threats. Their words and deeds prove that they cannot overcome the epidemic while fighting against the truth.
[Xiao Datao Short Room Chen Yi Wang Wei Liu Yupeng, Special Correspondent of Global Times in the United States and Canada]