Lew Rockwell recently in his powerful “War on China?” wrote that “People are
understandably upset about the coronavirus epidemic, but if we’re not careful,
an even greater danger lies ahead. Sinister forces in American political life
are using the crisis to incite war with China and to stir up bad feelings
towards the Chinese people. The Chinese people are in fact heroic. They are our
friends, not our enemies. But the forces of evil want you to think otherwise.”
I
don’t know if Washington would consider or China would be interested in
providing medical protective gear and respirators to America, given recent
statements by President Trump and Secretary of State Pompeo. But even if the
Chinese government is “authoritarian,” certainly, as I and others have written
recently, America too has an authoritarian bent as well.
As is
documented both on China’s CGTN channel on YouTube, and on RT, both
nations are helping, especially in the case of Serbia whose request for EU aid
was refused. Today, as I write these words, is the anniversary of the NATO bombing
campaign on Serbia. From the article:
“Twenty-one years ago, NATO,
without obtaining permission to intervene from the United Nations, launched
armed aggression against Serbia, thus crudely violating the UN Declaration, the
Helsinki Accords, a number of other international conventions and its own act
on the creation of NATO of 1949,” the statement runs. “It has been and will
remain a crime against peace and humanity. The act of aggression, committed in
alliance with the terrorist Kosovo Liberation Army, left an estimated
3,500-4,000 people dead and 12,500 others injured and caused tremendous
economic damage. The use of depleted uranium rounds and other prohibited
weapons was a long-term hazard to the people and the environment. NATO turned
itself into an aggressive, interventionist alliance with an outspokenly
expansionist policy targeting the East first and foremost.”
Therefore,
I am not surprised that the EU refused Serbia’s request for assistance and
China has been a major help, as these videos from CGTN show. This video posted
on March 16th.
Serbia’s
state of emergency: ‘China is the only country that can help’
This
video also posted:
Serbian
landmarks lit up red to salute China
“A
number of landmarks in the Serbian capital were lit up in red on March 21 and
22 as a tribute to China. The local government used this gesture to thank the
Chinese government for providing medical assistance and to pay tribute to the
Chinese medical expert group.”
And
this video was posted as well:
“Serbian
president kisses Chinese national flag as support team arrives.”
“Serbian
President Aleksandar Vucic greeted Chinese medics who arrived in Serbia on
Saturday. He kissed the Chinese national flag in a show of gratitude for
China’s timely support against the COVID-19 outbreak. Vucic said, ‘Though China
hasn’t finished the fight against the coronavirus yet, they say they will help
Serbia, like iron brothers. [The] Serbian people will never forget this
kindness.”
CGTN
also posted this video on March 24th:
China,
Cuba and Russia send medical assistance to Italy
“International
support for Italy has been ramping up. China, Cuba and Russia have sent medical
assistance. Two Chinese teams have arrived in the country in the past two
weeks. But the authorities are also urging the medical staff from across Italy
to go to the worst-hit areas in the country’s north.”
This
video posted on March 23rd:
Sharing
common destiny: China, Cuba, Russia and local doctors join to fight pandemic in
Italy
“Italy’s
government issued an SOS for 300 doctors to help in the battle against the
country’s severe coronavirus epidemic. Within 24 hours, the government had received
8,000 applications. China, Russia and Cuba also sent medical support to Italy.”
On
March 22nd, CGTN posted this video on help given to the Czech Republic:
Chinese
medical supplies arrive in Czech Republic
“A
Chinese cargo plane landed in the Czech Republic late on Saturday loaded with
medical supplies. Just over 1,000 cases have been confirmed in the Czech
Republic so far. The plane flew from the city of Shenzhen in south China with
117 tons of equipment. It includes 2 million respirators, 5 million face masks,
80,000 protective goggles, 120,000 protective suits and tens of thousands of
test kits. Two more flights are planned this month, one to the Czech Republic
and one to neighboring Slovakia.”
From
RT:
“Russian
military transport planes which have been prepared to deliver help to Italy in
its desperate fight against the Covid-19 infection have departed an air base
near Moscow. The planes are carrying Russian military medics and specialists in
infectious diseases, as well as equipment necessary for diagnostics and
disinfection of the deadly coronavirus.”
RT
America posted:
Vital
Russian medical aid arrives in Italy
“Italy
is in desperate need of help to fight the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
Assistance has come in the form of more than ten Russian military transport
planes filled with people and medical supplies. Italy has 63,000 confirmed
cases of COVID-19. RT America’s Alex Mihailovich has the story.”
Cuba,
despite American sanctions, is also helping. Ruptly posted this video:
Italy:
Cuban doctors and nurses arrive to help fight coronavirus
“A
delegation of 37 Cuban doctors and 15 nurses arrived at Milan Malpensa airport
on Sunday to offer a helping hand to the overloading Italian healthcare system
which is currently buried under the weight of the coronavirus outbreak.
“Upon
arrival, the delegation was greeted by Vice President of the Lombardy region
Fabrizio Sala. ‘Thank you to the ambassador, thanks to the consulate, thanks to
the Cuban government for this action that they have taken to help us,’ he stated
outside the arrivals terminal.
“The
delegation arrived in Lombardy, the epicentre of the Italian COVID-19 outbreak.
The Cuban team of doctors and nurses will move on to offer a hand in the new
hospital that is being built in Bergamo, the province most affected by the
virus.
Cuban
Ambassador to Italy Jose Carlos Rodriguez Ruiz was also at Malpensa to greet
his fellow Cubans. ‘They are here to work alongside the good doctors and nurses
of Italy that have been working everyday day to fight COVID. We will do it with
all the humility, every one together with everything they have,’ he stated. ‘We
are here with a brigade of 52 aid workers, doctors and nurses, who have
experience in disaster situations.
”
‘They have been involved with Ebola in West Africa and some were in involved in
other natural disasters such as earthquakes,’ said Carlos Ricardo Perez Diaz,
one of the leading Cuban doctors in the team of arrivals.
“How
long will we stay? The amount of time that the authorities believe we can offer
help. We came with a clear idea that we are here to help and we will stay as
long as is necessary,” Carlos went on to say.
Finally,
CGTN posted this video on March 24th as
well:
Beijing condemns U.S.’ s attempts to
stigmatize China
“The Chinese Foreign Ministry has urged
the United States to stop stigmatizing China over the outbreak. It comes as
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo continues to call COVID-19 ‘Wuhan virus’
despite clear World Health Organization guidelines, agreed to five years ago,
not to do so.”
This
video is about “Giuseppe Remuzzi, director of a renowned medical research
institute in Italy, spoke in an interview with U.S.’s National Public Radio”
that “the virus could be circulating in parts of Italy before people were aware
of the outbreak in China.”
“Expert:
Virus may have circulated in Italy before outbreak in China”
Potentially
positive news is presented in this video:
“U.S.
experts say traditional Chinese medicine shows promise in treating COVID-19”
“Scientists
around the world have been working to find an effective treatment for COVID-19.
Along with some anti-viral drugs, traditional Chinese medicine has also been
used to treat coronavirus patient and the Chinese government is encouraging
physicians to combine both approaches.”
On
March 20th, CGTN posted this video:
China
provides medical assistance to 82 countries
“As
the entire world try to curb the spread of COVID-19, China says it is joining
the efforts by sending aid to over 80 countries.”
The unanswerable question is if Washington
had not been so hostile to China, would China have helped America by providing
masks, gloves, protective gear, and ventilators to Americans in need? In
contrast, Washington’s official response to several nations suffering from the
disease is different from China’s, Cuba’s and Russia’s and described here by journalist Vanessa Beeley and
let the reader decide which response is more humanitarian.
The age and health of the victims
notwithstanding, a great deal of human suffering might have been alleviated. At
least Italy and other Western nations are being helped by China, Russia and
even Cuba, nations that Washington sees as its enemies.
Italian
nurse’s tears from COVID-19 front-line
I
want to end with this video, one of hope. Like many Americans, I didn’t know
much about Wuhan. But not only is there pain, suffering and death, there is
beautiful life. CGTN posted this story about the gardens of Wuhan. Let these
images give us hope, as the Chinese are hopeful as well.
Vlog: Medics relish tranquil Wuhan amid
cherry blossoms
“The cherry blossom season in central
China’s Wuhan City is just on time. But due to this year’s epidemic, cherry
blossom gardens are not open to [the] public yet, but only the medical workers
and volunteers who have been fighting on the front line for a long period of
time.
Since new coronavirus cases have
dropped sharply, many of medical workers can finally have a chance to relish
tranquil Wuhan during their time off, and when the cherry blossoms are in full
bloom.
The garden may not be as full as usual,
but happy faces remain. Here’s a vlog on the coming of spring by CGTN’s Huang
Yichang.
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Yvonne Lorenzo [send her mail] makes her home in New England
in a house full to bursting with books, including works on classical Greece and
Russian history and literature, and has contributed to LewRockwell.com, Unz.com
and to TheSaker.is. Her interests include gardening, mythology, ancient
history, The Electric Universe, and classical music, especially the
compositions of Handel, Mozart, Bach, Haydn, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Mahler,
Wagner and the Bel Canto repertoire. She is the author of The Spear of Odin
Trilogy: Son of
Thunder, The
Cloak of Freya and the recently published conclusion, The
Well of Mimir.