Navarro's China-related lies and facts about the new crown pneumonia epidemic
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 21 - Question: Navarro involving China lies and the truth about the new epidemic of pneumonia crown
On June 7, Navarro, director of the Office of National Trade and Manufacturing Policy at the White House, fabricated a series of China-related lies about the new crown pneumonia epidemic. As mankind is facing the invasion of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, some unscrupulous politicians in the United States do not think about how to fight the epidemic raging in their own countries, let alone the principle of global cooperation in the fight against the epidemic, attacking and discrediting China's successful fight against the epidemic, which is universally recognized, do everything they want.
Lies are the passport of the despicable and shameless, and truth is the motto of those who defend the truth. Here, we list 18 lies made up by Navarro, and refute them one by one with facts and truths.
Right and wrong end up in the wrong, fairness and freedom!
Lie 1: The new crown virus originated from the Wuhan laboratory
In mid-November 2019, pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus began to appear in Wuhan. Although the Chinese Communist Party later stated that the outbreak may have started in the wet market in Wuhan (South China Seafood Wholesale Market), there are two government-administered laboratories in Wuhan that deal with foreign coronaviruses collected from wild bats. In addition, at least one laboratory in China has had a coronavirus outbreak in the past.
The truth: All existing evidence shows that the new coronavirus originated from nature rather than a laboratory. There is no evidence that the Wuhan Institute of Virology has experienced pathogen leakage or personnel infection accidents.
◆On May 23, 2020, Wang Yanyi, director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said in an exclusive interview with China International Television that the so-called new crown virus was leaked by the institute is completely out of nothing. The researcher of the institute has isolated and obtained some bat coronaviruses. There are three strains. These three strains have the highest similarity to SARS 96%, but the highest similarity to the new coronavirus does not exceed 79.8%. The institute only first came into contact with clinical samples of "unexplained pneumonia" on December 30, 2019. After pathogen testing, it was found that these samples contained a previously unknown new coronavirus, the new coronavirus. Prior to this, the institute had never contacted, studied or stored the new coronavirus. The current consensus of the international academic community believes that the virus should be a certain wild animal originating from nature.
◆On June 1, Yuan Zhiming, director of the Wuhan National Biosafety Laboratory and researcher of the Wuhan Institute of Virology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency that the claim that the new coronavirus was "manufactured" or "leaked" by the Wuhan Institute of Virology was groundless. It is totally inconsistent with the consensus of the academic community, inconsistent with the common sense of virology, and even more inconsistent with objective facts. The current analysis of the new coronavirus genome in the international academic community has shown that its "skeleton" is brand new, and is different from the currently known virus "skeleton", without any trace of artificial modification. The Wuhan Institute of Virology does not have the ability to design and create new coronaviruses. The Wuhan P4 laboratory has been undergoing various strict inspections that meet international standards.
◆On May 2, Jona Mazette, an epidemiologist at the University of California, Davis, who worked closely with Wuhan Virus Research Institute, accepted an interview with the US "Business Insider" and said that the new crown virus cannot come from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. There are four reasons: first, laboratory samples do not match the new coronavirus; second, the Wuhan Institute of Virology implements strict safety protocols; third, the coronavirus is the latest virus outbreak in a series of zoonotic diseases; fourth, compared with ordinary people Researchers wearing protective gear are vulnerable to infection and spreading viruses.
◆On April 30, the official website of the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued a statement stating that the US intelligence community agreed with the broad consensus of the scientific community that the new coronavirus is not man-made and has not been genetically modified.
◆On May 28, Japan's "Asahi Shimbun" published an interview with Dennis Carroll, an American epidemiologist and former head of the Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases of the US Agency for International Development. Carol said that there is no doubt that the new coronavirus originated in nature.
◆On June 11, the Australian Research Institute’s "Responsible Technology Center" research report entitled "As a Virus: Organized Dissemination of New Coronavirus Misinformation" showed that since March this year, a group of organized "water The military" spread the conspiracy theory that "the new crown virus is a biological and chemical weapon artificially manufactured by the Chinese government at the Wuhan Virus Research Institute" on social media.
◆According to a report on the website of the British "Daily Telegraph" on July 5, Tom Jefferson, an honorary senior researcher at the Center for Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Oxford and a visiting professor at Newcastle University believes that more and more evidence shows that this virus preceded the emergence of Asia , Already exists elsewhere. The report pointed out that Spanish virologists found traces of the virus in wastewater samples collected in March 2019, nine months before the virus appeared in China. Italian scientists also found evidence of the new coronavirus in sewage samples from Milan and Turin in mid-December last year, and experts found traces of the virus in Brazil last November. Jefferson believed that many viruses are dormant all over the world and will appear when environmental conditions are right. This means they can appear quickly or disappear quickly.
◆ The high-level biosafety laboratory of Wuhan Institute of Virology has been operating in a safe and stable state, and there has never been a problem. As of now, no one in the institute has been infected with new coronary pneumonia.
Lie 2: China detains "whistle blowers" such as Li Wenliang
On December 30, 2019, Dr. Li Wenliang sent a message to other doctors in a social media chat group to warn of the new outbreak. He and seven other whistleblowers were subsequently detained by the police and reprimanded.
The truth: Doctor Li Wenliang is not a "whistleblower" and has not been detained. He is a member of the Communist Party and is respected by the Chinese government and people for his outstanding contributions to the fight against the epidemic. Any political manipulation of Dr. Li is immoral and a great disrespect for him and his family.
◆Respiratory doctor Zhang Jixian was the first person to report an epidemic case, and was commended for it.
◆On the afternoon of December 30 (three days after Dr. Zhang Jixian reported the suspicious case and the day before Wuhan issued the notification), ophthalmologist Li Wenliang forwarded a message on the WeChat group of his classmates stating that "7 cases of SARS were diagnosed", and please do not spread it outside. The WeChat screenshot spread rapidly on the Internet causing panic. On January 3, 2020, the Wuhan police asked him to go to the police station to talk, and to persuade him in the form of admonitions. Dr. Li Wenliang was unfortunately infected in mid-January and was diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia on January 31. He passed away on February 7 after rescue. On the same day, the National Health Commission publicly expressed condolences for his death. The National Supervision Commission decided to send an investigation team to Wuhan to investigate the issue of Dr. Li Wenliang. On March 19, the investigation team announced its findings. The person in charge of the investigation team accepted an exclusive interview with reporters and answered relevant questions. On the same day, the Wuhan Municipal Public Security Bureau notified the results of the handling, believing that the law was wrong in the case of admonishing Li Wenliang, and decided to revoke the admonition.
◆On March 5, Dr. Li Wenliang was awarded the title of "Advanced Individual in the Prevention and Control of New Coronary Pneumonia in the National Health System". On April 2, he was assessed as a martyr. On April 28, he was awarded the 24th China Youth Five. Four medals".
◆Li Wenliang is a good doctor and a member of the Communist Party of China. Labeling Dr. Li Wenliang as a "hero" or "Awakener" against the system is a great disrespect for Dr. Li and his family, and an extremely immoral political manipulation. On May 30, in response to a US congressman’s proposal to rename the Chinese Embassy in the United States to "Li Wenliang Plaza", Dr. Li Wenliang’s wife Fu Xuejie issued a statement on Weibo, saying, “Wen Liang is a Communist and loves him deeply. His motherland. If he knew it, he would definitely not allow anyone to harm his motherland in his name."
Lie 3: China cleans the "wet market" to destroy evidence
On December 31, 2019, local officials of the Communist Party of China conducted a comprehensive disinfection of the wet goods market in Wuhan. Doing so undermines the best evidence to determine whether the market is the source of the virus. At the same time, the CCP did not share the virus samples it collected with other countries.
Fact: The purpose of disinfecting the South China Seafood Market in Wuhan is to stop the spread of the virus rather than destroy evidence. China has always maintained an open and cooperative attitude in epidemiological research. After the outbreak, China was the first to share virus genetic sequence information with WHO and other countries, and is also willing to share the new coronavirus strain in an orderly manner under the WHO framework.
◆From the perspective of the spread of the epidemic, the farmer’s market is one of the most suitable places for the spread of the virus. The history of the spread of epidemics at home and abroad also shows that the farmer’s market is a high-risk place that easily breeds and causes the spread of the epidemic. It should be regarded as an important place for epidemic prevention and control The most important. It is completely normal and necessary to disinfect the farmer's market, especially after the outbreak of the epidemic.
◆ After the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission first publicly notified the pneumonia epidemic on December 31, 2019, China shared relevant viral gene sequence information with the World Health Organization and other countries on January 12, 2020.
◆On May 15, Liu Dengfeng, the inspector of the Department of Science and Education of the National Health Commission of China, stated at the press conference of the State Council Information Office that China has always maintained an active and open attitude regarding the sharing of pathogenic microbial strains. Is an active contributor. For example, in recent years, in order to prevent a global influenza pandemic, under the framework of the WHO, China has provided many highly pathogenic influenza virus strains to the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and Russia. Regarding the sharing of new crown virus strains, China is also positive and open. It is willing to share the new crown virus strains in an orderly manner under the WHO framework, further strengthen international cooperation and scientific research, and promote the development of new crown pneumonia-related vaccines, diagnostic tools and therapeutic drugs. Research and development, production and fair distribution.
Lie 4: China prohibits Wuhan Institute of Virology from sharing samples with the United States
In late January, officials in Beijing prevented the Wuhan Institute of Virology from sharing samples of the virus with a laboratory at the University of Texas. This violated the initial agreement of the Wuhan laboratory to share samples. The CCP also arranged for Major General Chen Wei, the highest-ranking epidemiologist and virologist of the CCP military, to take over the Wuhan P4 virus laboratory.
The truth: China has been sharing epidemic information with WHO and relevant countries including the United States in a timely and close manner in an open, transparent and responsible manner. The Wuhan Institute of Virology has always adhered to the timely and open sharing of scientific research information. China is willing to share the new coronavirus strain in an orderly manner under the framework of the WHO.
◆Wuhan Institute of Virology has always adhered to the timely and open sharing of scientific research information, including data sharing, publication of papers, participation in conferences, and scientific communication. Wuhan Institute of Virology has always adhered to international development, upholding the principles of openness and transparency at home and abroad, and actively and pragmatically carry out cooperation and exchanges with countries around the world. The P4 laboratory of the institute is a Sino-French government cooperation project. The first batch of experimenters received training in the P4 laboratory in France and the United States. The information sharing platform "2019 New Coronavirus Information Database" set up by this institution has so far been visited more than 600,000 times and downloaded more than 21 million times. On January 12, the institute, as one of the designated institutions of the National Health Commission of China, submitted the 2019 new coronavirus genome sequence information to the WHO and released it in the Global Influenza Shared Database (GISAID) to achieve global sharing.
◆On May 15, Zeng Yixin, deputy director of the National Health Commission of China, said at the press conference of the State Council Information Office that our communication and exchanges with the United States are very early, and the frequency is very close, and the communication is also multi-faceted. There are between the ministers of health, between the directors of the CDC of the two countries, and between experts and professors. We have no conservativeness or hesitation in this regard. We have done our best to share information and promote the two countries and the world. Epidemic prevention and control.
◆The current leadership of the Wuhan Institute of Virology does not include Chen Wei, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and a researcher of the Academy of Military Medicine of the Academy of Military Sciences.
Lie 5: China allows its citizens to leave the country and spread the virus to the world
In late January, China blocked domestic travel, but allowed international travel until the end of March. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens travelled around the world by plane to spread the virus, which turned the epidemic that could be controlled in Wuhan into a global pandemic. Moreover, China knows that the epidemic has broken out and still sends economic and trade teams to the United States to spread the virus. For example, Chinese diplomats visited the United States in early January to shake hands with President Trump and his trade team.
The truth: The Chinese government has adopted the most comprehensive, strict, and thorough prevention and control measures in the shortest time to control the epidemic in Wuhan, effectively cutting off the chain of virus transmission.
◆On January 23, China temporarily closed the exit from Han to Wuhan. From January 24 to April 8, there were no commercial flights or trains leaving Han in Wuhan.
◆On February 24, the China-WHO joint expert inspection team held a press conference in Beijing. They believed that China has achieved significant results in slowing the spread of the epidemic and blocking the spread of the virus from person to person. It has avoided or at least delayed hundreds of thousands of people Infected with new coronary pneumonia.
◆On May 9, a study conducted by researchers from Yale University in the United States and Jinan University in China showed that China’s measures such as "closure of the city", closed community management, isolation, and restrictions on outdoor activities have greatly reduced the spread of the new coronavirus , The spread of the virus was effectively contained in mid-February. As of February 29, the national and provincial public health measures implemented in China may have prevented more than 1.4 million infections and 56,000 deaths outside Hubei.
◆ There was only one publicly confirmed case in the United States when Wuhan was "closed". When the United States banned entry of foreigners who had been to China in the past 14 days on February 2, the United States officially confirmed only 8 cases. It took less than 100 days for the number of confirmed cases in the United States to increase from 1 to 1 million; it took less than 50 days to increase from 1 million to 2 million.
◆New York State Governor Cuomo said that Northeastern University's research showed that the state's first new coronavirus strain did not come from China. "New York Times" quoted American experts to confirm that the main source of the New York epidemic was not Asia. Statistics from several major provinces in Canada show that the virus was introduced to Canada by American travelers.
◆On May 21, Pawank Batraju and others from the University of Washington Medical Center published an article in the "New England Journal of Medicine" and pointed out that from February 24 to March 9 this year, 24 cases of new crowns were confirmed by 9 medical institutions in Seattle. None of the severe cases of pneumonia had a history of travel to China, South Korea, Italy, and Iran, and no history of contact with travellers in the above-mentioned countries. The source of infection cannot be confirmed.
◆On June 8, the University of Oxford, the University of Edinburgh and Cog-UK, a joint academic research organization, jointly issued a report stating that through genetic sequencing of more than 20,000 cases of virus carried by people infected with new coronary pneumonia in the UK, at least 1356 independent ones were found The chain of transmission of the new coronavirus. After tracing the sources of these transmission chains, it was found that only 0.08% came from China, and the impact was negligible. The report stated that early cases imported from China and other parts of Asia accounted for only a "very small" portion of all imported cases from abroad.
◆On June 18, the New York Times published the title "Why is the United States Exporting the New Coronavirus?" "The editorial pointed out that the US government's deportation of immigrants during the epidemic has put tremendous pressure on the epidemic in some countries. The United States is now the country with the largest number of confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in the world. Among the repatriated immigrants from the United States, many people have tested positive for the new crown virus, posing a threat to other countries' public health. At the end of April, the Guatemalan government reported that nearly one-fifth of the country’s new coronary pneumonia cases were related to people deported from the United States. In early June alone, the United States expelled more than 2,200 "illegal immigrants" who could become "time bombs" at any time.
◆After the outbreak, China sent an economic and trade team to the United States to sign the first phase of the Sino-US economic and trade agreement at the invitation of the United States in mid-January. So far, there has been no report of any officials from both sides of the virus. Many of the US State Department officials who did not participate in the event were infected with the new crown pneumonia. For example, on March 31, US Secretary of State Pompeo revealed at a press conference that a State Department official had died of contracting new crown pneumonia. This is also the first case of new crown death in the US State Department. In addition, 50 to 60 people in the US State Department have tested positive for the new coronavirus.
Lie 6: China falsely claims that the United States has "overreacted" to China's travel restrictions
On January 31, the United States decided to suspend and restrict foreign citizens who have been to China in the past 14 days from entering the United States. The Chinese counterattacked that this was an overreaction by the United States.
Fact: The actions of the US government when the epidemic broke out in Wuhan are obvious to all.
◆After the outbreak, the United States was the first to withdraw its consulate personnel from Wuhan, the first to propose to withdraw some of its embassy personnel, and the first to announce comprehensive restrictions on the entry of Chinese citizens. Even so, through diplomatic channels, China has provided necessary assistance and convenience to the United States in closing the consulate general in Wuhan and evacuating its personnel.
◆In sharp contrast to the US government’s approach, 77 countries and 12 international organizations have provided donations to China. For example, from the end of January to the beginning of February, there were South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Hungary, Belarus, Turkey, Iran, UAE, Algeria, Egypt, Australia, The governments of 21 countries including New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, and UNICEF have donated epidemic prevention and control materials to China. The comparison of facts shows the truth: donations from countries around the world are priceless, and the sentiment is priceless, and it is a gift in the snow; the US has taken the Chinese side by "overreaction".
◆At present, the epidemic is spreading globally, especially in the United States. Even so, Chinese embassies and consulates abroad, including embassies and consulates in the United States, did not close a single embassy or withdraw a diplomat. China is promoting international anti-epidemic cooperation through various channels and methods to help other countries fight the "epidemic", which has been widely appreciated by the international community.
Lie 7: China's hoarding of supplies causes a global shortage of epidemic prevention supplies
China has turned from a large net exporter of personal protective equipment to a huge net importer, hoarding personal protective equipment including more than 2 billion N95 masks, causing doctors and nurses in Milan, New York and other places to face the fatal protective equipment shortage.
The truth: China has always been actively carrying out international cooperation in the fight against the epidemic in an open, transparent, and responsible manner, and doing its best to provide other countries with anti-epidemic medical supplies.
◆As of July 19, the Chinese government has provided or is providing anti-epidemic assistance to 153 countries and 4 international organizations; local governments, enterprises, private organizations, and individuals have provided assistance to more than 150 countries, regions and international organizations through various channels. Donate anti-epidemic materials. China is also actively taking advantage of its production capacity to open up the medical supplies market and export channels in a timely manner.
◆From March 1 to July 12, China has exported 106.6 billion masks, 770 million sets of protective clothing, 170 million pairs of goggles, 158,000 ventilators, 390 million test kits, and 5909 infrared thermometers. Million pieces. The export scale of epidemic prevention materials has shown a significant growth trend, which strongly supports the prevention and control of epidemics in relevant countries.
◆According to China Customs statistics, from March 1 to July 14, China provided the United States with more than 23.295 billion masks, 571 million pairs of surgical gloves, 276 million sets of protective clothing, 29,068,900 pairs of goggles, and 11,525 ventilators.
◆According to incomplete statistics, as of July 19, relevant provinces, regions, cities, institutions and enterprises in China have donated more than 11.77 million masks, 500,000 boxes of testing reagents, 339,600 pairs of medical and other gloves, and 14.68 Thousands of medical supplies such as goggles.
◆ China does not restrict the export of medical supplies. China’s policy measures such as the "Announcement on Further Strengthening the Export Quality Supervision of Anti-epidemic Materials" are not intended to restrict exports, but to further strengthen the supervision of the quality of anti-epidemic materials and regulate the export order.
◆The production capacity of China's invasive ventilators is limited. Some parts are from abroad and are in short supply. Companies are negotiating with importers in a market-oriented way. The Chinese government has never restricted their exports.
Lie 8: China exports large quantities of low-quality epidemic prevention materials
China shares defective virus test kits and personal protective equipment flooding markets such as Spain, Turkey, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and the United States. When Western countries pointed out product defects, the CCP did not correct the product defects, but blamed it on "improper use."
The truth: The Chinese government has always attached great importance to the quality and safety of medical supplies, conducted strict quality inspections on exported medical products, paid special attention to the certification of anti-epidemic products, and severely investigated and dealt with illegal use of certification marks and false publicity of certification information.
◆Since the outbreak of the epidemic, China has issued the "Announcement on Further Strengthening the Export Quality Supervision of Anti-epidemic Materials" and other regulations to strictly control the quality of medical supplies and standardize the export order. Export-related products must obtain the qualifications of the national drug regulatory authority and comply with the importing country (region) ) Quality standard requirements. China maintains good communication and cooperation with certification and registration agencies of various countries, including the US Food and Drug Administration, and has been widely praised by the international community.
◆The Chinese side supports the export of qualified and reputable enterprises, and facilitates the procurement of countries in China and the orderly export of enterprises in all aspects of production, transportation, and customs clearance. Some countries have put forward commercial procurement requirements to China through diplomatic channels. In this regard, we recommend that export companies certified by the Chinese regulatory authority and qualified for production communicate and negotiate with foreign buyers. It is understood that the foreign purchaser did not report that the materials purchased through the above channels have quality problems.
◆According to statistics from the Ministry of Commerce, from March 1 to the end of June, China exported epidemic prevention materials to 194 countries and regions through market-based procurement. Among them, 82 national and regional governments and 8 international organizations signed 258 batches of commercial procurement contracts for medical supplies with Chinese companies through official channels.
◆In the special period when the international community is working together to fight the epidemic, China's intention to help other countries is sincere. If individual problems arise during this process, they should be resolved in a timely and reasonable manner based on a pragmatic attitude and spirit, but we hope that the relevant issues will not be politicized. At the same time, we hope that relevant governments and purchasers can choose products from qualified companies that have been certified by the Chinese regulatory authorities and fully communicate with Chinese companies in terms of product standards.
◆It is hoped that foreign buyers can carefully check the use and instructions of the products, and whether these products are compatible with the domestic market standards. In particular, prevent non-medical protective products from being used for medical purposes and avoid sudden mistakes. If there are individual problems in the market, it is recommended that the companies of both parties communicate with each other in a pragmatic attitude and spirit, and resolve them in accordance with the principles of commercialization, legalization, and marketization in accordance with the contract.
◆It is an international practice for importing countries and regions to control the quality of medical supplies entering the domestic market. While China strictly controls the quality of exported products, it also hopes that relevant countries and regions will carry out necessary quality inspections in the import process, and at the same time, strictly follow the scope of product application and operating procedures for correct use.
◆Many countries purchase medical supplies in the Chinese market, and most of them are qualified. Part of the problem stems from improper procurement or differences in production standards and product application environments between China and foreign countries, and some of the problems stem from factors such as the failure of the relevant foreign institutions to strictly abide by the rules for the use of goods.
Lie 9: China steals US patents on specific drugs
Although China promised not to steal US intellectual property rights in the trade agreement on January 15, Wuhan Institute of Virology still applied for a patent for Redecive on January 21. The drug is actually a treatment method developed by Gilead. The CCP’s purpose is clear: to destroy US patent rights.
Fact: There is no such thing as the so-called Chinese "stealing" of the patents of US special medicines and destroying the US patent rights.
◆On January 21, the Institute of Military Medical Sciences of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Academy of Military Sciences applied for an invention patent for the new indication of Redcivir against the new coronavirus. It was only a patent for the drug used to treat the new coronavirus, and its chemical The ingredients, production, etc. are irrelevant. Gilead has applied for compound patents and preparation method patents for Redecive in China and the United States, as well as patents for its use in the treatment of SARS and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. The latter two use patents are the same type of patents applied by the Military Medical Research Institute of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Academy of Military Sciences for the treatment of new coronary pneumonia, and both originated from the research of the Redecivir drug against a certain disease by the relevant institution.
◆Next, if the patent applied by the Academy of Military Medical Sciences of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Academy of Military Sciences is approved, since the manufacturing patent of Remdesivir still belongs to Gilead, the use patents of the Academy of Military Sciences of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army are still being implemented. Gilead is required to authorize its basic patents. The Chinese side cannot produce the drug at will, and there is no such thing as the so-called "steal" of the US patents for special drugs and the destruction of US patent rights by the Chinese side.
Lie 10: China steals new crown vaccine information
Although the CCP has promised to stop stealing U.S. intellectual property in the first phase of the US-China trade agreement, on May 13, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a warning that hackers in contact with the CCP were trying to steal the U.S. Intellectual property rights to develop vaccines with other foreign companies.
The truth: China is an active contributor and sharer of results in the development of a new coronavirus vaccine.
◆On January 12, the Chinese Center for Disease Control, the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and the Wuhan Institute of Virology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences submitted the new coronavirus genome sequence information to the World Health Organization, which was released in the global influenza sharing database and shared globally. Even the United States has admitted that its earliest vaccine development projects benefited from this. China has also established a database of international cooperation experts and cooperated with relevant countries in vaccine research and development and drug research and development.
◆Since the outbreak of the epidemic, President Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized the need to strengthen vaccine research and development and contribute scientific and technological strength to the prevention and control of the epidemic. President Xi Jinping solemnly promised at the 73rd World Health Assembly that after China's new crown vaccine is completed and put into use, it will serve as a global public product and make China's contribution to the realization of the vaccine's accessibility and affordability in developing countries. At the China-Africa Unity Anti-epidemic Special Summit, President Xi Jinping once again promised that after the new crown vaccine is completed and put into use, he is willing to take the lead in benefiting African countries.
◆ China has made significant progress in vaccine research and development. As of July 2, 8 vaccines in China have been approved for clinical trials, namely: 1 adenovirus vector vaccine, 4 inactivated vaccines, 1 mRNA vaccine and 1 recombinant protein vaccine. Phase I clinical trials, a recombinant protein vaccine is carried out in phase I clinical trials abroad, accounting for 40% of the total number of vaccines in clinical trials in the world. Among them, 4 new coronavirus vaccines have completed phase II clinical trials. It is expected that other technical route vaccines will also be approved for clinical trials in the near future. my country’s scientific research team has deployed 12 vaccine research and development tasks in accordance with 5 technical routes including inactivated vaccines, genetic engineering recombinant subunit vaccines, adenovirus vector vaccines, attenuated influenza virus vector vaccines and nucleic acid vaccines. From a global perspective, the first new coronavirus vaccine to initiate Phase II clinical research is in China, and the first inactivated new coronavirus vaccine to enter Phase II clinical trials is also in China. Academician Chen Wei's team also released the world's first human trial of a new coronavirus vaccine. As a result, it was highly praised by Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of The Lancet. Generally speaking, China's vaccine research and development progress is at the same level as abroad, and the progress of some technical routes is at the international level.
Lie 11: China's foreign aid is far less than the United States
The CCP pledged to provide US$2 billion within two years to help the world respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is only a drop in the bucket compared to US aid. To help the world respond to the Chinese virus, the United States will provide more than US$9 billion in funding.
Fact: As the epidemic spreads globally, China has overcome difficulties such as the arduous and onerous domestic prevention and control tasks, increased the supply of raw materials and epidemic prevention materials to the international market, and provided support and assistance within its capacity to the international community. The international community generally believes that China’s actions have practiced the concepts of sharing weal and woe and helping each other, further highlighting the importance of building a community with a shared future for mankind.
◆ The Chinese government has set up special funds for anti-epidemic cooperation to provide emergency assistance to 150 countries and 4 international organizations. Local governments, charitable organizations, people's organizations, and business circles have also actively participated in it. China has also increased investment in scientific research, unreservedly shared prevention and control experience and diagnosis and treatment plans with the international community, opened an online knowledge center for epidemic prevention and control open to all countries, and held video conferences with health experts for more than 170 countries. China also actively supports countries in the commercial procurement of materials in China. As of July 12, China had exported six major epidemic prevention materials worth US$40.81 billion, including masks.
◆China also promised to provide US$2 billion in international assistance within two years, cooperate with the United Nations to set up a global humanitarian emergency warehouse and hub in China, establish 30 China-Africa counterpart hospital cooperation mechanisms, accelerate the construction of the headquarters of the African Centers for Disease Control, and China's vaccine research and development After it is completed and put into use, it will be a global public product. China will work with the members of the G20 to implement the “Debt Repayment Initiative for the Poorest Countries” and is willing to work with the international community to increase efforts in countries that are particularly stressed by the epidemic. Support to help them overcome current difficulties.
◆The kindness, kindness and deeds of the Chinese side embodies the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation to reciprocate, the boundless humanitarian sentiment of the Chinese people, and the Chinese government's responsibility as a great power to help the world. They are also a vivid interpretation and active practice of the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind. . In doing so, China is doing its best and has no intention to compare with any country. The friendship behind it cannot be measured simply by money.
◆As the world’s largest economy and country with the strongest overall strength, the United States provides assistance to developing countries as the largest developed country’s responsibility and obligation. The U.S. fiscal year 2020 budget is 4.7 trillion U.S. dollars, and national defense expenditure is 750 billion U.S. dollars, which exceeds the total military expenditure of the top ten countries in the world. On March 27, Trump signed a $2 trillion fiscal stimulus plan. On May 6, US Secretary of State Pompeo stated that in order to demonstrate global leadership in response to the epidemic, the United States has provided more than US$900 million in health, humanitarian and economic assistance to more than 120 countries. Even if the total amount of US$900 million in foreign aid that Pompeo claims is in place, it will only account for 0.019%, 0.12%, and 0.045% of the US fiscal year 2020 budget, defense spending, and fiscal stimulus plan.
◆U.S. aid pledges are mostly "blank checks", with strong political colors and not lip service. For example: On February 7, US Secretary of State Pompeo announced that the United States would invest 100 million U.S. dollars to assist China and other affected countries in fighting the new coronavirus. China has not received any funds or materials donated in the name of the US government. On March 31, the U.S. political news website Politico reported that the U.S. government ordered the U.S. Agency for International Development to suspend the transportation of medical protective equipment overseas, and requested that it be transported back to the United States on a U-turn. The White House Coronavirus Response Task Force led by US Vice President Pence reviewed all aid materials sent to countries and frozen aid to at least 13 countries that have approved personal protective equipment related to the epidemic.
◆On April 8, a joint statement between the US Customs and Border Protection and the Federal Emergency Management Agency stated that US President Trump used the National Defense Industry Production Act on April 3 to keep scarce medical resources in the United States for use. Personal protective equipment including N95 masks will be affected by this policy. The two agencies stated that they will prevent middlemen, distributors and other intermediaries in the United States from transferring these important medical resources abroad. On April 4, Trump said at the White House press conference that 3M was required to give priority to processing orders from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, “We need masks, and we don’t want others to get them.”
◆On March 23, CNN reported that Italy has asked the US Secretary of Defense for help, but it has been unable to get a response from the US. On April 10, the White House issued a memorandum stating that the U.S. will participate in the rescue work in response to the epidemic in Italy. This "helps to deal with false propaganda in China and Russia and demonstrates U.S. leadership." On April 17, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel Friedman stated that the U.S. will provide Palestine with US$5 million to fight the new crown pneumonia epidemic. The United States is the "top humanitarian donor country" in the world. Salman Halfi, Pakistan's ambassador to France, retorted that the promise of the United States to provide millions of dollars in aid to Pakistan is a lie.
◆Faced with the global spread of the epidemic, the US government did not play a leading role in the fight against the epidemic. Instead, it refused to respond to a draft resolution of the World Health Assembly supporting poor countries to ignore patent rights in order to obtain new coronavirus vaccines or treatments, and refused to participate in the May 4th meeting The international pledging conference for responding to the new crown pneumonia epidemic "cut off the confession" and announced its withdrawal from the WHO. U.S. leaders have repeatedly emphasized that once the new coronavirus vaccine is successfully developed, it must give priority to Americans.
◆The US and European media criticized the Trump administration's actions. German News Television and the "Daily Mirror" stated that the United States is obviously more interested in the development of vaccines by "America First", rather than the global joint development of vaccines and benefiting the people.
Lie 12: China uses WHO as a puppet to conceal the epidemic
From early December last year to January 20 this year, the CCP used its puppet-the World Health Organization-as a shield to hide the epidemic from the world. China (the Chinese Communist Party) refused to allow international experts and experts from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to enter Wuhan to study the virus. On January 14, the WHO tweeted that a preliminary investigation conducted by the Chinese (CCP) authorities showed that no clear evidence of the spread of the coronavirus from person to person was found.
The truth: China firmly supports multilateralism and has maintained good communication and cooperation with the WHO for a long time. Since the outbreak, China has timely notified the WHO and the international community of information, shared virus research results, and actively cooperated with the WHO expert group’s visit to China. The so-called “China using WHO to deny international experts access to Wuhan to study the virus” is purely Out of nothing.
◆WHO is an international organization composed of 194 member states of the United Nations. Among its 21-member headquarters leadership team, there is only one Chinese member, and 11 of them are from the United States, the European Union, Canada, and Australia. They are all professionally trained or practising doctors, epidemiologists, rescuers and public health experts, and their work relies on science, evidence and professional knowledge.
◆Before the suspension of payment of WHO dues was announced, the United States was the largest source of funding for WHO. From 2018 to 2019, China's contribution to the WHO ranked third, after the United States and Japan. According to official WHO information, membership fees currently account for less than a quarter of the organization’s funding sources, and the remaining funding comes from voluntary donations.
◆From January 3, 2020, relevant Chinese authorities will regularly and actively report the epidemic information to the World Health Organization, relevant countries and regions, and China's Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions. On January 9, the expert evaluation team of the National Health Commission initially determined that the pathogen of viral pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan was a new type of coronavirus. China will share the preliminary progress made in pathogen identification with the World Health Organization on the same day. The World Health Organization website issued a statement on the cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China, stating that the initial identification of the new coronavirus in a short period of time is a significant achievement. Starting from January 11, China will report the epidemic information to the World Health Organization and others daily.
◆On January 29, Beijing time, the National Health Commission informed the United States through official channels that the United States is welcome to join the World Health Organization Joint Expert Group. The United States responded on the same day to express its thanks. Beginning on February 16, a China-WHO joint expert inspection team composed of 25 experts from China, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Nigeria, Russia, Singapore, the United States, and the World Health Organization spent 9 days in Beijing and Chengdu. , Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan and other places to conduct field investigations.
Lie 13: China obstructs international investigation of WHO
The CCP also tried to prevent the 193 member states of the WHO from passing a resolution calling for a fair, independent, and comprehensive investigation of the WHO's response to the epidemic and the source of the virus. Although this obstruction ultimately failed, the CCP has begun to try to obstruct these important investigations.
The truth: The 73rd World Health Assembly passed a resolution on the response to the new crown pneumonia epidemic on May 19 by consensus. China, along with 144 countries, is a co-sponsor of this draft resolution.
◆The WHO resolution in response to the new crown pneumonia epidemic clearly recognizes and supports WHO's key leadership role, and calls on member states to prevent discrimination and stigma, combat errors and false information, and develop diagnostic tools, diagnosis and treatment methods, drugs and vaccines, Strengthen cooperation in areas such as the source of viruses and animals, and timely evaluate WHO's response to the epidemic. These are in line with China's position and propositions, and are also the common aspirations of most countries in the international community.
◆ Regarding the evaluation of WHO, the World Health Assembly has proposed a resolution to respond to the new crown pneumonia epidemic. The evaluation is conducted by the Director-General of WHO after consultation with member states. The purpose is to review WHO's experience in responding to the epidemic and make recommendations for future work . The WHO has evaluated the response to H1N1 influenza and Ebola, which is the usual practice of WHO after each major outbreak. The resolution requires the evaluation process to be gradual, fair, independent and comprehensive.
◆ Regarding the issue of virus traceability, the resolution basically refers to the wording suggested by the Emergency Committee of the International Health Regulations on May 1, strictly limiting the scope of traceability research to the search for animal sources, intermediate hosts and transmission routes, with the goal of a better future for the international community Responding to the epidemic. This is also the suggestion of WHO and Director-General Ghebreyesus. Some countries have requested virus traceability as a priority during the consultations, but most countries believe that the current focus is on epidemic prevention and control. They do not support virus traceability as a priority and rejected the relevant wording.
◆In contrast to China, a few countries such as the United States did not participate in the co-promotion of the resolution. The United States also made many reservations about the content of the resolution when it passed the resolution.
Lie 14: China accuses the United States of delaying time and failing to fight the epidemic
On April 29, a senior CCP official blamed the Trump administration for “wasting weeks after the threat of the virus has become apparent”.
The truth is: The domestic epidemic in the United States has developed until recently. The American people and the people of the world are in the eyes of the United States and the people of the world.
◆According to real-time data from Johns Hopkins University, as of July 17, the total number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States reached 3,576,221, and the number of deaths reached 138,358. The number of confirmed cases and the number of deaths ranked first in the world. The total number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the world on that day reached 13,808,626. The number of confirmed cases in the United States accounted for about 26% of the total number of confirmed cases in the world, while the US population only accounted for about 4% of the global population.
◆According to the timeline of the U.S. epidemic that was resumed in April 2020 by the "New York Times", "Washington Post" and other media, the U.S. government has repeatedly ignored epidemic warnings and neglected to take prevention and control measures. Instead, it focused on controlling the spread of information and limiting medical experts to The public releases information about the epidemic, and even publishes false information to mislead the public, saying that the new crown virus is "large flu", the risk of infection and the mortality rate are "very low", and the epidemic will soon "miracle disappear", leading to prevention and control of the epidemic The "golden window period" was wasted.
◆The New York Times website reported on May 20, 2020 that a study by Columbia University in the United States showed that the delay of movement restrictions in the United States caused at least 36,000 lives: If the US government implemented movement restrictions one week in advance, it could save 3.6 more 10,000 lives; and if the U.S. government starts to implement movement restrictions two weeks in advance, 83% of the patients who die from the new coronavirus in the United States will be spared. "Time" weekly website reported on May 20 that the delay in adopting social distancing policies in the United States resulted in 90% of deaths from new coronary pneumonia.
Lie 15: China engages in "wolf war diplomacy"
On April 24, Europe surrendered to the CCP and clarified the CCP’s crimes in a report on virus-related false information activities. The CCP’s “wolf war diplomacy” denies any accusations made by Western society. Guy Wittich, the representative of the Dutch agency “Dutch Trade and Investment Office” in Taiwan, announced on April 27 that the agency had changed its name to the “Dutch Office in Taiwan”. To the CCP boycott. In a statement on April 30, CCP diplomats warned that the Netherlands would face serious consequences for changing the name of its Taiwan agency, including the CCP’s suspension of supply of personal protective equipment to the Netherlands and boycott of Dutch products.
The truth: China has always pursued an independent foreign policy of peace. No matter how the international situation changes, China will hold high the banner of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win, abide by the purpose of maintaining world peace and promoting common development, develop friendly cooperation with other countries, and make new and greater contributions to mankind as ours. mission.
◆ China's foreign policy is built on the tradition of five thousand years of outstanding civilization. China has been recognized as a nation of courtesy and justice since ancient times. The Chinese love peace, advocate harmony, treat people with sincerity, and take faith as the foundation. We never actively bully others. At the same time, the Chinese have principles and backbone. It is difficult to establish a credibility if a person is right or wrong; it is difficult to establish a world without right or wrong in a country. For deliberate slander, we will definitely fight back and resolutely defend the country's honor and national dignity. For unprovoked smears, we will definitely clarify the facts and resolutely safeguard fairness, justice and human conscience.
◆China is committed to building a community with a shared future for mankind with other countries. China has always maintained that the world should move towards multi-polarity and international relations should be democratized. All countries, big or small, rich or poor, are equal, and they should coexist peacefully and treat each other as equals. They should discuss things together, and they cannot engage in "one talk." No matter how far China develops, we will not be the king and hegemony in the world. We will always stand on the side of the common interests of all countries in the world and on the right side of the historical development trend. Those who always want to label China hegemony are precisely those who hold on to their hegemony.
◆In the face of major changes and global challenges unseen in a century, all countries should uphold the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, support each other more and less criticize each other; cooperate more and less confrontation, and jointly open up a better future for the world.
Lie 16: China expelled American journalists
After the "Wall Street Journal" published a commentary on February 3 criticizing China's (CCP) virus response, the CCP revoked the press cards of three reporters based in Beijing on February 19. A month later, the CCP also revoked the press cards of reporters from the New York Times and the Washington Post, and violated the Hong Kong Basic Law by extending the ban to reporting in Hong Kong.
The truth: China revoked the press cards of the three Wall Street Journal reporters based in Beijing because the newspaper publicly published racially discriminatory commentary articles with insults to China, and refused to publicly apologize and investigate and deal with those responsible. Since then, the relevant measures China has taken against the US media are a reciprocal countermeasure against the US's long-term suppression of Chinese media organizations in the US, especially the expulsion of 60 Chinese journalists. Among them, the relevant media reporters shall not be engaged in journalist work in Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions in the future. Part of it belongs to the diplomatic power enjoyed by the central government in accordance with "One Country, Two Systems" and the Basic Law.
◆On February 3, the "Wall Street Journal" published an insulting article entitled "China is the Real "Sick Man of Asia"", which aroused great indignation from the Chinese people and widespread condemnation from the international community. In this regard, China has repeatedly made solemn representations to the Wall Street Journal, clarifying China’s solemn position, requiring it to recognize the seriousness of the error, publicly and formally apologize, and investigate and deal with the responsible persons. However, the newspaper has been prevarication and prevarication, neither a public official apology nor investigation and punishment of those responsible.
◆ The US has continuously escalated its political suppression of Chinese media agencies in the US. In December 2018, the US Department of Justice registered the North American branch of China International Television as a "foreign agent". Since the beginning of this year, the US State Department has announced that nine Chinese media organizations in the United States, including Xinhua News Agency and China Central Television, will be listed as "foreign missions."
◆ The U.S. adopts a discriminatory policy on entry visas for Chinese journalists, allowing only a single entry for Chinese journalists based in the United States. Since 2018, more than 30 Chinese journalists have been delayed indefinitely by the US or even refused their visas.
◆On March 2, 2020, the US State Department announced that as of March 13, it would reduce 40% of the Chinese employees in the 5 Chinese media agencies in the United States that are listed as "foreign missions". In fact, 60 employees have been expelled in disguise. Chinese correspondent in the United States.
◆On May 11, 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued an announcement to significantly shorten the visa stay period of Chinese journalists stationed in the United States holding Type I visas, stipulating that the period of stay of relevant journalists in the United States is limited to the time required to perform the tasks of their news organizations, the longest No more than 90 days, and you can apply for an extension after expiration. During the application for extension, you can continue to stay in the United States for a maximum of 90 days. If the extension is not approved, you must leave the country immediately. The maximum stay period for each extension can be no more than 90 days.
◆China always welcomes media and journalists from various countries to engage in reporting work in China in accordance with laws and regulations, and will continue to provide convenience and assistance. What China opposes is ideological prejudice against China, it opposes the so-called freedom of the press to fabricate fake news, and it opposes behavior that violates journalistic professional ethics.
Lie 17: China takes advantage of the epidemic to push Hong Kong's national security legislation to stifle Hong Kong's democracy
Under the "cover of the epidemic," the CCP used the blockade to suppress demonstrations in Hong Kong and forced Hong Kong's national security legislation on May 22. This law will allow CCP National Security personnel to station in the streets of Hong Kong, increase surveillance of Hong Kong citizens, and implement a social credit scoring system specifically designed to punish peaceful protesters and dissidents. This iron-handed method is the continuation of a series of arrests of democrats since April, including 81-year-old Martin Lee, founder of the Hong Kong Democratic Party and news publisher Li Zhiying, and more than 10 well-known democratic leaders. The CCP is propagating that China's authoritarian rule provides a better governance system than free and democratic rule of law. However, opinion polls show that no one will listen to the propaganda peddled by the CCP.
The truth is that the rights and freedoms of Hong Kong residents will not be affected, and they will be better exercised in a safe environment.
◆Considering the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government has implemented the "Gathering Restriction Order" for a certain period of time that prohibits gatherings of people. This is a responsible decision made from the perspective of public health.
◆Maintaining national security is fundamentally consistent with respecting and protecting human rights. Hong Kong-related national security legislation only targets acts and activities that severely endanger national security, such as splitting the country, subverting state power, organizing terrorist activities, and interfering in the affairs of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region by foreign and foreign forces. For the vast majority of Hong Kong residents and foreigners who love Hong Kong and abide by laws and regulations, there is absolutely no need to "worry for nothing" and sit in seats.
◆Any work and law enforcement to maintain national security will strictly follow the law, comply with statutory powers, and follow statutory procedures, and will not infringe the legitimate rights and interests of Hong Kong residents, legal persons and other organizations.
◆The Hong Kong police arrested 15 criminal suspects including Li Zhiying, one of the "gang of four rebellious in Hong Kong", Martin Lee, and anti-China insurgent Hong Kong activist Li Zhuoren according to the investigation facts and evidence obtained in accordance with the law, in order to maintain the rule of law and order in Hong Kong. And normal law enforcement actions of social justice. On June 15th, the 15 persons mentioned above appeared in the West Kowloon Magistracy in Hong Kong for crimes of participating in and organizing an unauthorized assembly.
◆Groups and individuals from all walks of life in Hong Kong spontaneously organized and established the United Front for "Supporting National Security Legislation" in Hong Kong on May 24. Nearly 2.93 million Hong Kong citizens' signatures were collected within 8 days to fully support the central government's implementation of Hong Kong-related national security legislation.
◆The legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law was delayed for 23 years and failed to complete. The "Regulations Amendment Disturbance" has caused Hong Kong to face the most severe situation since its return, and has further exposed the risk loopholes in Hong Kong's national security. It is imperative and urgent to establish and improve the legal system and enforcement mechanism of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to safeguard national security at the national level.
Lie 18: China uses the epidemic to expand its power in the South China Sea
On April 4, after making full use of this international crisis for profit, a ship of the Chinese Communist Party’s Coast Guard rammed and sank a Vietnamese fishing boat. Then, Beijing added 80 new locations to its list of islands and reefs to further claim its false territorial claims in the South China Sea. The U.S. State Department warned the CCP: “Don’t use other countries’ inability to take into account the fragility of these countries to expand their illegal claims.”
The truth: China has sovereignty over the Xisha, Nansha Islands and their adjacent sea areas, and has sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the relevant sea areas, their seabed and subsoil.
◆In March of this year, some Vietnamese fishing boats entered the coastal waters of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan of China without authorization to engage in illegal fishing activities, and the Chinese maritime law enforcement agencies took necessary measures against them.
◆According to domestic laws and regulations, the Chinese government has selected and announced the names of some Xisha and Nansha islands and reefs and the names of the seabed areas under its jurisdiction. This is China's normal and routine measures to strengthen and regulate ocean management in accordance with the law, and is in line with international laws and international practices.
◆Since the outbreak of the epidemic, China has concentrated on carrying out anti-epidemic cooperation with ASEAN countries, supporting and helping each other, and mutual trust has been further strengthened. The South China Sea is becoming a sea of mutual assistance and cooperation for China and ASEAN countries to join hands in fighting the epidemic.
◆Under this situation, the United States has sent additional military aircraft and warships to the South China Sea to show off its force, frequently provoke relations between China and ASEAN countries, and deliberately undermines the hard-won stability of the South China Sea.