Thread by @Terence

The #Coronavirus Could Reshape #Global #Order ~ @kurtmcampbell @RushDoshi

"As #Washington falters, #Beijing is moving quickly and adeptly to take advantage of the opening created by US mistakes, filling the vacuum to position itself as the global leader in pandemic response. 1/n

It is working to tout its own system, provide #material #assistance to other #countries, and even organize other #governments. The sheer chutzpah of #China’s move is hard to overstate. 2/n

#CCP_is_terrorist #CCPvirus #ChineseVirus #WuhanVirus #CoronaVirusCHINA

Yet #Beijing understands that if it is seen as leading, and #Washington is seen as unable or unwilling to do so, this #perception could fundamentally alter the United States’ position in #global politics and the contest for #leadership in the twenty-first century. 3/n

#Beijing tightly controlled information, shunned assistance from the @CDC, limited @WHO travel to #Wuhan, likely undercounted infections and deaths, and repeatedly altered the criteria for registering new #COVID19 cases ... effort to #manipulate the official number of cases. 4/n

#Beijing is working to turn early signs of success into a larger #narrative to broadcast to the rest of the #world. 5/n

#CCP_is_terrorist #CCPvirus #ChineseVirus #WuhanVirus #CoronaVirusCHINA

#Beijing has seized the #narrative opportunity provided by #American disarray, its state media and diplomats regularly reminding a #global audience of the #superiority of #Chinese efforts and ... 6/n

#CCP_is_terrorist #CCPvirus #ChineseVirus #WuhanVirus #CoronaVirusCHINA

... criticizing the “irresponsibility and incompetence” of the “so-called political elite in #Washington,” as the state-run #Xinhua news agency put it in an editorial. 7/n

#CCP_is_terrorist #CCPvirus #ChineseVirus #WuhanVirus #CoronaVirusCHINA

#Chinese officials and state media have even insisted that the #coronavirus did not in fact emerge from #China—despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary—in order to reduce China’s #blame for the global #pandemic." 8/8

#CCP_is_terrorist #CCPvirus
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