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===False claims by the Foreign Ministry===

===False claims by the Foreign Ministry===

Official Chinese state run media reported that the coronavirus started in the [[United States]].<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/02/china-blames-united-states-coronavirus</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg7FwHteB0I&t=132s</ref>

Official Chinese state-run media falsely reported that the coronavirus started in the [[United States]].<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/02/china-blames-united-states-coronavirus</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg7FwHteB0I&t=132s</ref>

A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry asked:<ref>https://news.trust.org/item/20200312152307-rlv7m</ref>

A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry asked:<ref>https://news.trust.org/item/20200312152307-rlv7m</ref>

{{quotebox|"When did patient zero begin in US? How many people are infected? What are the names of the hospitals? It might be US army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan. Be transparent! Make public your data! US owe us an explanation!" - [[Reuters]]'}}

{{quotebox|"When did patient zero begin in US? How many people are infected? What are the names of the hospitals? It might be US army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan. Be transparent! Make public your data! US owe us an explanation!" - [[Reuters]]'}}

The Chinese communists demanded an apology.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq8KZ5MyrzU</ref> While the CCP propaganda boasted of its aid to 82 countries outside China,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkdPPzmGbcU</ref> reports emerged of defective coronavirus test kits that China distributed to Italy,<ref>https://freebeacon.com/national-security/chinese-distributed-faulty-coronavirus-test-kits-throughout-europe-reports-indicate/ </ref> Spain, Ukraine<ref>https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/03/27/add-ukraine-to-the-list-of-countries-that-received-the-piece-of-crap-covid-19-tests-from-china/</ref> and throughout Europe.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/28/china-coronavirus-aid-defective/</ref>

The Chinese Communists demanded an apology.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq8KZ5MyrzU</ref> While the CCP propaganda boasted of its "aid" to 82 countries outside China,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkdPPzmGbcU</ref> reports emerged of defective coronavirus test kits that China distributed to Italy,<ref>https://freebeacon.com/national-security/chinese-distributed-faulty-coronavirus-test-kits-throughout-europe-reports-indicate/ </ref> Spain, Ukraine<ref>https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/03/27/add-ukraine-to-the-list-of-countries-that-received-the-piece-of-crap-covid-19-tests-from-china/</ref> and throughout Europe.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/28/china-coronavirus-aid-defective/</ref>

However, [[liberal media]] in the United States were only too willing incorporate CCP propaganda into their [[NeverTrump]] agenda; [[CNN]]'s [[Jim Acosta]] became a mouthpiece for the Chinese communist government.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjGXNd_5x80</ref> Leftist media in the aided Chinese propaganda efforts by calling those who link the virus' origin to China as "[[racist]]s".<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/03/13/dems-media-warned-new-narrative-aids-chinas-new-conspiracy-us-military-started-covid-19-896694</ref><ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/03/15/nbc-news-ny-times-running-chinese-propaganda-criticizing-us-erick-erickson-points-out-897729</ref>  ''[[The Atlantic]]'', a formerly respected, prestigious, and influential publication among Washington elites has become an apologist and mouthpiece for the brutal [[authoritarian]] regime.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/16/the-atlantic-must-stop-covering-for-the-chinese-communist-party/</ref>  In China, critics of the CCP’s handling of the Wuhan virus simply disappeared.<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/john-s-2/2020/03/24/china-critics-governments-handling-coronavirus-crisis-simply-disappear/</ref>

However, [[liberal media]] in the United States were only too willing to incorporate CCP propaganda into their [[NeverTrump]] agenda; [[CNN]]'s [[Jim Acosta]] became a mouthpiece for the Chinese Communist regime.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjGXNd_5x80</ref> Leftist media in the aided Chinese propaganda efforts by calling those who link the virus' origin to China as "[[racist]]s".<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/03/13/dems-media-warned-new-narrative-aids-chinas-new-conspiracy-us-military-started-covid-19-896694</ref><ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/03/15/nbc-news-ny-times-running-chinese-propaganda-criticizing-us-erick-erickson-points-out-897729</ref>  ''[[The Atlantic]]'', a formerly respected, prestigious, and influential publication among Washington elites has become an apologist and mouthpiece for the brutal [[authoritarian]] regime.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/16/the-atlantic-must-stop-covering-for-the-chinese-communist-party/</ref>  In China, critics of the CCP’s handling of the Wuhan virus simply disappeared.<ref>[https://hotair.com/archives/john-s-2/2020/03/24/china-critics-governments-handling-coronavirus-crisis-simply-disappear/ In China, critics of the government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis simply disappear] at Hot Air</ref>

Other international news organizations were having none of it; [[India]]n reporters pulled no punches about the CCP exporting the CCP virus to the entire world.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEJ3VOA76qQ</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnvYNowC-kM</ref>

Other international news organizations were having none of it; [[India]]n reporters pulled no punches about the CCP exporting the CCP virus to the entire world.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEJ3VOA76qQ</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnvYNowC-kM</ref>