Chinese Communist Party Must Be Held Accountable for Causing Global Pandemic

Taiwan News and NTV: Chinese Communist Party Must Be Held Accountable for Causing Global Pandemic

As countries outside of China are fighting to contain the coronavirus pandemic, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is ramping up its propaganda machine to cast itself as a victim and shifting blame. For example, Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, tweeted on March 12 that the US army may have brought the virus to Wuhan.

A German television news channel, n-tv.de (NTV), called the CCP's propaganda campaign “shameless” and “ridiculous.” “The Communist Party has messed up because its months-long cover-up of the Corona outbreak has put people's lives and the global economy at risk,” wrote Marcel Grzanna in an article on March 20, 2020, with a title of “The brazen propaganda from Beijing always blames others.”

David Spencer concurred in an article titled “Blame for Wuhan virus lies squarely with CCP” (published in Taiwan News on March 22), “The coronavirus crisis is the Chinese Communist Party’s fault and it must pay for consequences.”

Taiwan News: CCP Lied, People Died
Starting with a popular trend currently circulating on social media, Spencer said the hashtag “China lied, people died” came from people who have been suffering amid the chaos of the Wuhan coronavirus.

In response to the hashtag, the CCP accused those who criticize China of being racist, while blaming others for the catastrophe. “From ludicrous conspiracies about the virus being released in Wuhan by the U.S. military to videos of people dressed in doctor’s uniforms pulling off their masks, there is no level the CCP won’t stoop to in order to convince the world this is not their fault,” the article wrote, “At the same time, the CCP has begun promoting the fallacy of China’s efforts to tackle the virus as being a great sacrifice on behalf of the world and suggesting we should be grateful.”

Such tactics have worked, and numerous world leaders claimed that the virus was “no-one’s fault,” declaring the priority should be seeking a solution instead of a cause.

“The CCP must be dismantled”
The Taiwan News article stated, “The Wuhan coronavirus began in China and it spread because of the culture of corruption that the CCP has ingrained into Chinese society.” More specifically, the CCP silenced doctors and other whistle-blowers in the initial outbreak. Furthermore, it refused international help and covered things up with under-reported numbers.

In addition, the CCP censored information and blocked communication that is needed for the public to respond. “It is the CCP and no-one else, that is responsible for the Wuhan coronavirus sweeping the world,” the article wrote.
[link to www.en.minghui.org]