CORONA China Hints At Blackmail Over Pharmaceutical Exports, Would "Plunge US Into Mighty Sea Of Coronavirus"

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I think they might have gone a wee bit crazy over there.

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China Hints At Blackmail Over Pharmaceutical Exports, Would "Plunge US Into Mighty Sea Of Coronavirus"

by Tyler Durden
Thu, 03/05/2020 - 10:35


China's CCP media mouthpiece, Xinhua News, has published a new article titled "Be bold: the world owes China a thank you."


illustration: Dionne Gain
In it, the author suggests that the coronavirus outbreak is much worse in the United States than authorities are letting on - while noting that President Trump praised China's measures to control the outbreak during a recent press conference. Xinhua also points out that the US stock market "has plummeted continuously, with a drop of more than 12% in just one week."

The article then suggests the travel ban imposed on China - including the restriction of people who have visited China - was 'unkind,' and has had a 'great economic impact' on the country.

US government officials, such as Secretary of Commerce Rose, US Secretary of State Pompeo, and US White House Economic Adviser Navarro, have publicly gloated over China's new crown pneumonia epidemic, saying that the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in China is good for the United States and will help companies return to the United States.
It also called on companies around the world to consider the risks of China's supply chain. Even the infamous "Wall Street Journal" published an infamous article "China is a real patient in Asia", and the "New York Times" in the United States also published a document condemning the closure of Wuhan in China as a violation of human rights. The American culture of falling rocks is really shameless. Today, Feng Shui is taking turns, and the United States has become a victim of the new crown pneumonia epidemic. At this time, China has not fallen into rocks and has not condemned the United States. At this time, the United States should recognize its mistakes. Apologize to China for your actions. -Xinhua (translated)
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The punchline? If China retaliates against the United States at this time, including a travel ban or a strategic restriction over medical exports, America would be "plunged into the mighty sea of coronavirus."



Xinhua notes that "most of the drugs in the United States are imported," and that "most masks in the United States are made in China and imported from China," an that if restricted, the US won't be able to take "the most basic measures to prevent the new coronavirus."

Indeed (via F. William Engdahl of New Eastern Outlook):

80% of present medicines consumed in the United States are produced in China. This includes Chinese companies and foreign drug companies that have outsourced their drug manufacture in joint ventures with Chinese partners. According to Rosemary Gibson of the Hastings Center bioethics research institute, who authored a book in 2018 on the theme, the dependency is more than alarming.

Gibson cites medical newsletters giving the estimate that today some 80% of all pharmaceutical active ingredients in the USA are made in China.

“It’s not just the ingredients. It’s also the chemical precursors, the chemical building blocks used to make the active ingredients. We are dependent on China for the chemical building blocks to make a whole category of antibiotics… known as cephalosporins. They are used in the United States thousands of times every day for people with very serious infections.”
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The made in China drugs today include most antibiotics, birth control pills, blood pressure medicines such as valsartan, blood thinners such as heparin, and various cancer drugs. It includes such common medicines as penicillin, ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), and aspirin. The list also includes medications to treat HIV, Alzheimer’s disease, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, cancer, depression, epilepsy, among others. A recent Department of Commerce study found that 97 percent of all antibiotics in the United States came from China.



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Still, Xinhua suggests in their 'blackmail' article that there is "great love in the world," and that they would never do such a thing. As their own coronavirus infections are gradually controlled, "China's ability to export masks and medicines will be greatly enhanced."
 
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The Left’s Politicization of Coronavirus Backfires—Bigly
Ned Ryun - March 4th, 2020

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Even first year political science students know how difficult it is to beat an incumbent president and that it is nearly impossible to beat one leading a soaring economy; only five incumbent presidents have lost their re-election bids since 1900. No wonder the media and Democrats have linked arms to mislead the American people in yet another paranoia propaganda campaign.

It’s becoming fairly obvious that the media and Democrats are hyping the coronavirus outbreak to incite panic, harm the markets and economy, and score political points against President Trump. Of course, as with the Mueller investigation and impeachment, their efforts backfired as the president dealt with the outbreak forcefully and immediately.

There is one silver lining in this media circus surrounding the coronavirus epidemic. Their insistence on disseminating widespread fear and paranoia about it has allowed us, in turn, to diagnose our dangerous dependence on China.

It should be apparent to most by now that the corrupt and barbaric Communist Chinese regime has been enriched and empowered by the naïveté of the West. They have stolen intellectual property, used illegal subsidies, dumped their products, and now apparently are using slave labor to produce goods to sell to the West.

But the Chinese have been empowered as well by the greed of Chamber of Commerce corporate shills who were all for offshoring production to sell out the U.S. worker if it meant better bottom lines for themselves.

Let’s be candid: they don’t care about the small and medium-sized businesses and they don’t care about the American workers who don’t wear suits and work in offices. They have undercut this country for decades by offshoring production just to increase profits and sell cheaper goods, all to the detriment of American workers and communities.

Yes, there were short term benefits to consumers, but at what cost to American workers, industry, communities, small businesses, and even national security?

Consider the arguments in favor of globalism in light of what we now must see as a dangerous dependence on the corrupt Chinese regime. Take pharmaceuticals as an example.

A Department of Commerce study found that a staggering 97 percent of all antibiotics in the United States came from China. Add the startling statistic that 80 percent of the ingredients we use to make various drugs within the United States are also from China or outsourced from other nations and you have a recipe for disaster.

While antibiotics and pharmaceuticals have been off the table in the trade “war” with China, if China really wanted to wreak havoc in the United States, they could simply stop our medicine shipments. And don’t think they wouldn’t. The idea actually already has been proposed by a leading Chinese economist, who suggested such action as a “countermeasure” in the trade war. Imagine our healthcare system breaking down in weeks without the necessary medicines to combat daily diseases within our borders.

Look around you. Does your local Walmart or CVS or Target have any hand sanitizer or face masks in stock?

But this isn’t simply about healthcare: this is about national defense. A bill co-sponsored by Representatives Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) and John Garamendi (D-Calif.) last month highlighted this problem, with the goal to “encourage U.S. manufacturers to take over the business as a matter of national security.”

“It’s clear that China controls the generic drug market our military needs to stay healthy,” Garamendi said.

In this instance, the Left’s commitment to never letting a serious crisis “go to waste” backfired on them and their collaborators in the media. As they tried to score political points against Trump, they ended up highlighting an actual and deep concern: The fact that China could weaponize our dependence on them. Moreover, Trump has been and continues to be way ahead of them on this issue.

The fragile balance of our national security is perched in some ways on the precipice of China’s whims. We shouldn’t let this crisis go to waste. This is our chance to restore vital manufacturing, shift supply chains out of China, and, most importantly, to do it as quickly as possible and never allow America to be put in such a vulnerable position again.
 
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The fragile balance of our national security is perched in some ways on the precipice of China’s whims. We shouldn’t let this crisis go to waste. This is our chance to restore vital manufacturing, shift supply chains out of China, and, most importantly, to do it as quickly as possible and never allow America to be put in such a vulnerable position again.
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That would require banning globalists and globalism. I am all for it.
 
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They are going to use the "give me something or we'll keep your drugs" at some point in the future. They think chess while some in our government think checkers. Now just might be a propitious time for them to play this game and try to take the whole world down with them. Interesting times we live in. I just don't know how much more interesting this year will be and I'm not asking either.
 
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Pinecone said:
They are going to use the "give me something or we'll keep your drugs" at some point in the future. They think chess while some in our government think checkers. Now just might be a propitious time for them to play this game and try to take the whole world down with them. Interesting times we live in. I just don't know how much more interesting this year will be and I'm not asking either.
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I,m thinking that it would be terrible if 'something' happened to their med fascility production as soon as they started flexing their muscles

kinda like

"If you wont sell to us

you wont sell to anyone"

I,m guessing they aint the only ones with embedded 'assets'
 
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Cacheman said:
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The Left’s Politicization of Coronavirus Backfires—Bigly - American Greatness

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The Left’s Politicization of Coronavirus Backfires—Bigly
Ned Ryun - March 4th, 2020

5-6 minutes


Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Even first year political science students know how difficult it is to beat an incumbent president and that it is nearly impossible to beat one leading a soaring economy; only five incumbent presidents have lost their re-election bids since 1900. No wonder the media and Democrats have linked arms to mislead the American people in yet another paranoia propaganda campaign.

It’s becoming fairly obvious that the media and Democrats are hyping the coronavirus outbreak to incite panic, harm the markets and economy, and score political points against President Trump. Of course, as with the Mueller investigation and impeachment, their efforts backfired as the president dealt with the outbreak forcefully and immediately.

There is one silver lining in this media circus surrounding the coronavirus epidemic. Their insistence on disseminating widespread fear and paranoia about it has allowed us, in turn, to diagnose our dangerous dependence on China.
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My thoughts about the topic and my first glance at this article occurred at the same time--just as I thought, the globalist PTB better get their act together fast, because the coronavirus is singlehandedly about to do more damage to their agenda than Trump could even dream of. China threatening to withhold essential meds during a world wide health crises as political leverage is a stake to the heart of everything the globalists have been working to salvage for the last three years.
 
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Though this should be seen as a genuine "threat" by "us", IMHO this article's intent should also be looked at as an attempt by the CCP regime to tell the populace they are taking care of business and thus their "legitimacy" is still present....
 
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Vegas321 said:
Just a matter of time till we go to war with China.
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They have been preparing for war for over thirty years. We have been lulled into abject stupidity and breeding weak PC children who don't know what to identify as. When it is a fight for what food and medicine remain before the Long Winter, what other choice do either of us have? Between a Pandemic and a GSM is not a good place to be yet here we are. Stuck in the middle again.
 
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