A large portion of Washington media have decided the big story of the day is President Trump telling CBS White House correspondent Weijia Jiang “Ask China,” after she asked, “Why does [the rate of U.S. testing to other countries] matter? Why is this a global competition to you if every day Americans are still losing their lives and we’re still seeing more cases every day?” The general argument is that Trump’s response to Jiang was racist.

Rather than the ten-millionth “can you believe President Trump said that?” story, let’s take a look at what’s actually going on in China.

Despite Their Claims, China Has Not Beaten the Coronavirus

There is widespread consensus outside of China that whatever the actual tally of coronavirus deaths in that country was, the sum was significantly higher than the officially released numbers. The Washington ...

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China Is a Bad Actor, and American Media Need to Recognize This

A large portion of Washington media have decided the big story of the day is President Trump telling CBS White House correspondent Weijia Jiang “Ask China,” after she asked, “Why does [the rate of U.S. testing to other countries] matter? Why is this a global competition to you if every day Americans are still losing their lives and we’re still seeing more cases every day?” The general argument is that Trump’s response to Jiang was racist.

Rather than the ten-millionth “can you believe President Trump said that?” story, let’s take a look at what’s actually going on in China.

Despite Their Claims, China Has Not Beaten the Coronavirus

There is widespread consensus outside of China that whatever the actual tally of coronavirus deaths in that country was, the sum was significantly higher than the officially released numbers. The Washington ...   READ MORE

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