FPI / March 26, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com By Richard Fisher There has been ample speculation about the Wuhan coronavirus that may have been first detected near the Chinese city of Wuhan in November 2019 but which has now become a global pandemic claiming over 14,000 lives. It could have emerged from a high technology bioresearch laboratory […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2020 From the very start of the coronavirus crisis, the World Health Organization (WHO) has circulated Chinese propaganda about the outbreak. That is not surprising given who the world health body’s current director-general is, reports say. China essentially put Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in charge of the WHO and now […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2020 The Chinese government is engaged in a coordinated influence campaign which uses some 10,000 suspected fake Twitter accounts to spread propaganda and disinformation about the Wuhan coronavirus, a report said. ProPublica reported on March 26 that it has been tracking the fake accounts since August 2019. At first, the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2020 In January, South Korea reportedly sent millions of masks to China amid the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. Shortly after the Chinese government quarantined the entire city of Wuhan on Jan. 23, South Korea quickly provided China over 6 million masks, in addition to at least 42,000 protective suits, other supplies, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2020 In an appeal he sent to the world’s 223 cardinals, Cardinal Joseph Zen, the retired Bishop of Hong Kong, warned that the Catholic Church in China is being “murdered” by the communist regime while the Vatican stands idly by. “A totalitarian regime doesn’t compromise,” Zen said. “They want complete […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2020 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach on Tuesday announced that the 2020 Summer Olympic Games will be postponed for about one year due to the coronavirus crisis. The opening ceremony had been planned for July 24 in Tokyo. “[T]he IOC president and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 24, 2020 In its massive propaganda campaign aimed at deflecting responsibility for the coronavirus outbreak, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is finding a compliant ally in the U.S. corporate media, analysts say. “China’s state-run propaganda outlets are using coronavirus coverage by U.S. media and Democratic politicians to push the regime narrative […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 24, 2020 Health officials in Japan said the country has done “quite well” in getting the coronavirus outbreak under control. The state of emergency has been lifted on Hokkaido, the northernmost prefecture that was hit hardest by the outbreak. A panel guiding Japan’s coronavirus response recommended late on Thursday that schools […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 23, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump has offered to help North Korea in its fight against the coronavirus, the sister of dictator Kim Jong-Un said on Sunday. Kim Yo-Jong, first vice department director of the Central Committee of the North’s Workers’ Party, said in a statement carried by the official Korean […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 22, 2020 In late December, health officials in Taiwan say they warned the World Health Organization (WHO) about the infectivity of the coronavirus. Weeks after receiving Taiwan’s warning, on Jan. 14, WHO repeated China’s claim that coronavirus was not contagious among humans. Since 1971, China has periodically blocked Taiwan’s membership in […]
