THREAD - The U.S. is toughening its stance against China. The Senate voted to implement sanctions individuals involved in human rights abuses against the Uighurs in Xinjiang. The move comes at a time when the U.S. has far diminished credibility on human rights.@NarativLive
2. One U.S. company with ties to Xinjiang is Thermo Fisher, which sold genetic sequencing technology secretly used against the Uighurs. Donald Trump has publicly endorsed the Thermo Fisher and was a shareholder, which he claims he sold. @NarativLive
3. Meanwhile China has begun the PR effort to spin its possibly first-to-market vaccine. Xi claims the vaccine will be made available to the world. This follows similar PR moves to ship PPE to various countries of strategic importance to #Beijing. 
4.. Xi's largesse on a vaccines did not extend to an immediate investigation into the origins of #Coronavirus. Xi laid down conditions for an investigation incl that it only begin after #COVID19 is "under control". i.e. when it's too late, or never. washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05…
5. Xi also rushed in to fill a void left by the U.S. when it stopped paying WHO dues, by pledging an additional $2 B to the organization. WHO would lead any investigation into #Coronavirus despite criticism it is too close to Beijing and for its slow response to #Coronavirus.
