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16 Feb, 4 tweets, 2 min read
If you want a little snapshot of how moronic the Communist Party’s attacks on the BBC have become in #China you need look no further than the comments below this offering. In short the BBC has some evil filter to - wait for it - make sunny China look more grey. Because... ?
For anyone who is actually genuinely interested in this...
From a BBC Chinese language producer...
Anyway enough #FilterStupid for one night. You can see all the bozos lining up with their screen shots. Me I can’t wait to turn all of China grey with a giant filter which the BBC is hoping to place over actual life. This’ll save us the time of eliminating the sun in post.

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None of this true really. The speed v flying depends on distance:: quicker than planes for regional cities. High speed trains in #China are never (I do mean never) late. No traffic jams. For getting work done onboard/making deadlines they crap on all other transport +comfortable.
I’d say distances up to 1000 kms high speed trains beat all other forms of transport on time alone. Their introduction in #China has revolutionised transport, massive benefits for smaller satellite cities connecting to larger cities re economic development, commuting, convenience
Cost is a more complicated calculation but you can’t just add it up in terms of ticket price needed to cover infrastructure. The considerable economic benefits from having the service need to be in the mix. For cities/towns up to 1000kms apart in #China it’s changed life/economy.
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The @WHO presser in #Wuhan has started with the leader of the Chinese team Liang Wennian going through the kinda boring history of setting up the inquiry, terms of reference etc.
Seems to be already hinting that there will be another “stage” of this inquiry in another country / countries?
Sorry I miss typed earlier. Should read Liang Wannian.
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@WHO #coronavirus investigation team press conference about to start in 10 minutes in #Wuhan #China. @BBCWorld TV will be taking it live.
@WHO presser in #Wuhan running late.
@WHO presser still hasn’t started.
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The @WHO #coronavirus investigation team will hold a press conference here in #Wuhan #China starting in around 7 hours time. We’ll be covering it on @BBCWorld TV, World Service Radio and BBC website.
So that’s 16.00 #Wuhan time / 0900 #Geneva time for the @WHO #coronavirus investigation team press conference here in #Wuhan #China.
What to expect from today’s @WHO press conference: not, here is where the #coronavirus came from. Instead I’d imagine it’ll be along the lines of... because we’ve now found out X,Y&Z from here on in we’ll be turning our attention to these areas to study the possible virus origins
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Hey trolls and apologists how do you feel about #China’s government already blocking Clubhouse? How long did it last?
In all seriousness. It’s actually a real pity. This seemed like a good platform for interaction between people. Oh well.
I mean really let’s all stop and think what’s just happened: the Communist Party of #China has blocked #Clubhouse. Why? Because ultimately it doesn’t trust its own people to speak to others beyond its control.
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The @WHO investigation team is today visiting two centres for disease control in #Wuhan. They’re currently at the provincial level facility. The second is city level. Both places have labs in them for studying viruses etc but they’re not the top level (most dangerous). #China
This is probably the most relevant place the @WHO team has visited so far. They can speak to serious people with actual data etc. They’ve been inside for over 3 and a half hours. #China #coronavirus
@WHO team leaves. On the left hand side you’ll see some argy bargy with security as a cameraman tries to film comments from one of the scientists who had his window down. Apparently he said it was a good meeting. #China #coronavirus
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