British Govt Furious Over China’s Virus Lies, ‘Reckoning’ Expected Post-Pandemic
The British government is reportedly furious over
the coronavirus misinformation campaign conducted by the Chinese
Communist Party (CCP), leading to calls for the relationship between the
two powers to be re-evaluated after the pandemic subsides.
Members of Boris Johnson’s government have disclosed that “anger goes right to the top” of 10 Downing Street — the Prime Minister’s official residence — over the Chinese Communist Party’s mishandling of the coronavirus crisis. The anger stems in large part from a misinformation campaign launched by the regime accusing a United States military delegation in Wuhan of starting the global pandemic.
“There is a disgusting disinformation campaign going on and it is unacceptable. They [the Chinese regime] know they have got this badly wrong and rather than owning it they are spreading lies,” a Downing Street source told the Daily Mail.
Scientific advisors have informed Mr Johnson that it is likely that China is also lying about the number of coronavirus cases in the country, downplaying the figures “by a factor of 15 to 40 times”.
Though any re-evaluation of the relationship with China has been put off until after the pandemic calms down, a senior official told the newspaper: “It is going to be back to the diplomatic drawing board after this. Rethink is an understatement.”
“There has to be a reckoning when this is over,” said another.
The groundswell of support has begun for Communist China to pay financial damages for the regime's lies and coverup of the global Chinese coronavirus pandemic. https://t.co/8MP3v1ZQmu— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) March 29, 2020
“We can’t stand by and allow the Chinese state’s desire for secrecy to ruin the world’s economy and then come back like nothing has happened. We’re allowing companies like Huawei not just into our economy, but to be a crucial part of our infrastructure,” said a senior Cabinet member.
“This needs to be reviewed urgently, as does any strategically important infrastructure that relies on Chinese supply chains,” the source added.
Former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, who has likened the deal with Huawei to doing business with the Nazis during the Second World War, wrote: “for too long, nations have lamely kow-towed to China in the desperate hope of winning trade deals.”
“Once we get clear of this terrible pandemic, it is imperative that we all rethink that relationship and put it on a much more balanced and honest basis,” Sir Iain urged.
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