How China Sees It
by Pete Hoekstra • June 25, 2021 at 5:00 am
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has much to lose, both domestically and internationally, if the truth comes out. A muddled debate about the origins of the virus serves China just fine. Evading accountability -- and suffering no little negative fallout -- for unleashing a pandemic on the world that killed millions of people is not a bad outcome. And the economic results may even be better for China than for the rest of the world, thereby strengthening the CCP further.
And now, in response to China's obfuscation, the international community seems unable to go beyond the empty threat of calling for the World Health Organization (WHO) to follow up its original investigation, which was abysmal, with another probe.
For the West to maintain the WHO as the agency of record is embarrassing. It was a puppet of China the first time around and will be again.
China has been soundly condemned by the U.S. and others for practicing genocide against the Uyghurs. No consequences. China has been cheating ever since it was invited to join the World Trade Organization in 2001. No consequences. See a pattern? If you don't, you can bet that the Chinese do. They expect that spreading misinformation and hiding the facts about the pandemic will lead to the same fate, no consequences.
It seems that the European Union and the United States are now calling for a renewed investigation into the origins of the coronavirus. They are "urging" China to cooperate fully and provide "complete access." Them's fightin' words! The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) must be quaking in its boots -- especially after President Joe Biden's national security advisor stated that the consequences of not cooperating would be international "isolation." This half-hearted approach will not get the job done. It's long past the time to get serious with China, and we all know it.
