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At a 2020 mass, [[Pope Francis]] offered prayers for the ill, for health workers and others who had been troubled by the coronavirus epidemic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.breitbart.com/health/2020/03/11/pope-francis-urges-priests-personally-attend-victims-coronavirus/|title=Pope Francis Urges Priests to Personally Attend to Victims of Coronavirus|date=March 11, 2020|accessdate=March 12, 2020|author=Thomas D. Williams, [[Doctor|Ph.D.]]|publisher=Breitbart News}}</ref>

At a 2020 mass, [[Pope Francis]] offered prayers for the ill, for health workers and others who had been troubled by the coronavirus epidemic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.breitbart.com/health/2020/03/11/pope-francis-urges-priests-personally-attend-victims-coronavirus/|title=Pope Francis Urges Priests to Personally Attend to Victims of Coronavirus|date=March 11, 2020|accessdate=March 12, 2020|author=Thomas D. Williams, [[Doctor|Ph.D.]]|publisher=Breitbart News}}</ref>

==Hong Kong==

 

===Hong Kong===

[[File:Hong Kong protests.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Grafetti from the late November, 2019 Hong Kong democracy protests reads: "Dear world, CCP will infiltrate your government, Chinese enterprises $ interfere your political stance, China will harvest your home like [[Xinjiang]]. BEWARE OR BE NEXT!"<ref>https://twitter.com/HKstreetart/status/1196483549492391937/photo/1</ref>]]

[[File:Hong Kong protests.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Grafetti from the late November, 2019 Hong Kong democracy protests reads: "Dear world, CCP will infiltrate your government, Chinese enterprises $ interfere your political stance, China will harvest your home like [[Xinjiang]]. BEWARE OR BE NEXT!"<ref>https://twitter.com/HKstreetart/status/1196483549492391937/photo/1</ref>]]

In 2019 the Hong Kong government proposed a bill to [[extradite]] suspects who were wanted on the mainland. Unlike Hong Kong courts, mainland courts do not provide suspects with due process or other legal protections. A series of the enormous protests were held in Hong Kong and the bill was withdrawn on October 23, 2019. Parties that supported the pro-democracy protesters swept the District Council elections that were held in November.<ref>Loh, Christine, "[https://hkupress.hku.hk/pro/con/1724.pdf Underground Front: The Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong]" Second Edition.</ref>  The CCP used the pandemic to crack down on on pro-[[democracy]] protests in Hong Kong.

In 2019 the Hong Kong government proposed a bill to [[extradite]] suspects who were wanted on the mainland. Unlike Hong Kong courts, mainland courts do not provide suspects with due process or other legal protections. A series of the enormous protests were held in Hong Kong and the bill was withdrawn on October 23, 2019. Parties that supported the pro-democracy protesters swept the District Council elections that were held in November.<ref>Loh, Christine, "[https://hkupress.hku.hk/pro/con/1724.pdf Underground Front: The Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong]" Second Edition.</ref>  The CCP used the pandemic to crack down on on pro-[[democracy]] protests in Hong Kong.

==South Korea==

===South Korea==

[[South Korea]] mainly had a single cluster of the disease in a church with a full register of members. Health authorities had warrantless access to the credit card and phone data of its citizens, including location data. So what might regarded as a breach of civil rights are part of the country's success story.

[[South Korea]] mainly had a single cluster of the disease in a church with a full register of members. Health authorities had warrantless access to the credit card and phone data of its citizens, including location data. So what might regarded as a breach of civil rights are part of the country's success story.

South Korea's model – relying on rapid testing availability, safe COVID-19 medical facilities and a government-run contact tracing system – helps avoid an authoritarian approach of shutting down an entire city as we have seen in China. A forced lockdown has democratic and human consequences of restricting individual freedom and stockpiling. It may have lasting consequences in the post-COVID-19 world such as the abuse of political power and the threat to freedom through intrusive surveillance.<ref>https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2020/04/how-south-korea-used-technology-flatten-coronavirus-curve/164804/?oref=defenseone_today_nl</ref>

South Korea's model – relying on rapid testing availability, safe COVID-19 medical facilities and a government-run contact tracing system – helps avoid an authoritarian approach of shutting down an entire city as we have seen in China. A forced lockdown has democratic and human consequences of restricting individual freedom and stockpiling. It may have lasting consequences in the post-COVID-19 world such as the abuse of political power and the threat to freedom through intrusive surveillance.<ref>https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2020/04/how-south-korea-used-technology-flatten-coronavirus-curve/164804/?oref=defenseone_today_nl</ref>

==Singapore==

===Singapore===

By October 2021, [[Singapore]] had an 85% double vaccination rate and was reporting 3,000 covid infections daily.<ref>https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/singapore-seeing-massive-new-cases-despite-being-over-85-vaccinated/</ref>

By October 2021, [[Singapore]] had an 85% double vaccination rate and was reporting 3,000 covid infections daily.<ref>https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/singapore-seeing-massive-new-cases-despite-being-over-85-vaccinated/</ref>

==Taiwan==

===Taiwan===

China has used its influence in the WHO to keep [[Taiwan]] out.  The regime in Beijing does not like the administration in [[Taipei]].  Taiwan is not allowed to join the World Health Organization as a member state or even as an observer, putting Taiwan's population of 23 million people at risk.  Taiwan's exclusion from the WHO leaves its population vulnerable during the crisis.  A lack of direct and timely channels to the WHO have already resulted in inaccurate reporting of cases in Taiwan.  Taiwan has repeatedly complained that China and the WHO are not sharing information about the coronavirus outbreak with them. The same thing happened in 2003 when the deadly SARS epidemic broke out in China.  Besides putting 23 million Taiwanese lives at risk, the 50 million foreign travelers who pass through Taiwan airports every year are at risk.  On February 4, 2020, the WHO got the number of cases wrong in Taiwan, relying on data from Beijing, not Taipei.

China has used its influence in the WHO to keep [[Taiwan]] out.  The regime in Beijing does not like the administration in [[Taipei]].  Taiwan is not allowed to join the World Health Organization as a member state or even as an observer, putting Taiwan's population of 23 million people at risk.  Taiwan's exclusion from the WHO leaves its population vulnerable during the crisis.  A lack of direct and timely channels to the WHO have already resulted in inaccurate reporting of cases in Taiwan.  Taiwan has repeatedly complained that China and the WHO are not sharing information about the coronavirus outbreak with them. The same thing happened in 2003 when the deadly SARS epidemic broke out in China.  Besides putting 23 million Taiwanese lives at risk, the 50 million foreign travelers who pass through Taiwan airports every year are at risk.  On February 4, 2020, the WHO got the number of cases wrong in Taiwan, relying on data from Beijing, not Taipei.

Taiwan's Investigation Bureau discovered that the Communist Mainland was trying to undermine trust in factual news - and disrupt disease-control measures - through [[discrediting attack]]s by falsely portraying Taiwan's official announcements on the outbreak as Chinese-made "fake news".<ref>https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/provocative-china-pressures-taiwan-with-fighters-fake-news-amid-virus-outbreak-2020-03-02</ref><ref>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/chinese-trolls-coronavirus-disinformation-taiwan</ref>

Taiwan's Investigation Bureau discovered that the Communist Mainland was trying to undermine trust in factual news - and disrupt disease-control measures - through [[discrediting attack]]s by falsely portraying Taiwan's official announcements on the outbreak as Chinese-made "fake news".<ref>https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/provocative-china-pressures-taiwan-with-fighters-fake-news-amid-virus-outbreak-2020-03-02</ref><ref>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/chinese-trolls-coronavirus-disinformation-taiwan</ref>

==United States==

===United States===

[[File:Letter-to-fauci-.png|right|300px|thumb|February 12, 2020: [[Dr. Anthony Fauci]] forwarded an email warning the coronavirus came from a laboratory.<ref>https://100percentfedup.com/fauci-forwards-email-warning-virus-was-released-from-wuhan-lab-to-nih-deputy-dir-with-two-word-response-please-handle/</ref>]]

[[File:Letter-to-fauci-.png|right|300px|thumb|February 12, 2020: [[Dr. Anthony Fauci]] forwarded an email warning the coronavirus came from a laboratory.<ref>https://100percentfedup.com/fauci-forwards-email-warning-virus-was-released-from-wuhan-lab-to-nih-deputy-dir-with-two-word-response-please-handle/</ref>]]

:{{main|CCP virus in the United States}}

:{{main|CCP virus in the United States}}

Prominent doctors Paul Elias Alexander, Howard Tenenbaum and Harvey Risch all questioned the effectiveness of CCP flu lockdowns, calling them a waste of time as well as counterproductive and illogical, noting that the current lockdowns, wherever they have been imposed, have no credible basis based on accumulated data, have negatively impacted the public, have all been done for political theater and have been driven by ill-informed media seeking to sensationalize the pandemic; Risch added that while [[hydroxychloroquine]] proved effective in treating the CCP flu, as soon as President [[Donald Trump]] touted the medication, those on the Left who [[Trump Derangement Syndrome|were motivated by their irrational hatred of Trump]] went into reflexive overdrive to [[Hydroxychloroquine denial|denounce HCQ and deny its effectiveness]] for political reasons, while [[Big Pharma]] likewise went on an anti-HCQ campaign in order to push more expensive products for treatment of the CCP flu.<ref>[https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/levy-three-prominent-docs-call-lockdowns-a-waste-of-time LEVY: Three prominent docs call lockdowns a waste of time] at the Toronto Sun</ref>

Prominent doctors Paul Elias Alexander, Howard Tenenbaum and Harvey Risch all questioned the effectiveness of CCP flu lockdowns, calling them a waste of time as well as counterproductive and illogical, noting that the current lockdowns, wherever they have been imposed, have no credible basis based on accumulated data, have negatively impacted the public, have all been done for political theater and have been driven by ill-informed media seeking to sensationalize the pandemic; Risch added that while [[hydroxychloroquine]] proved effective in treating the CCP flu, as soon as President [[Donald Trump]] touted the medication, those on the Left who [[Trump Derangement Syndrome|were motivated by their irrational hatred of Trump]] went into reflexive overdrive to [[Hydroxychloroquine denial|denounce HCQ and deny its effectiveness]] for political reasons, while [[Big Pharma]] likewise went on an anti-HCQ campaign in order to push more expensive products for treatment of the CCP flu.<ref>[https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/levy-three-prominent-docs-call-lockdowns-a-waste-of-time LEVY: Three prominent docs call lockdowns a waste of time] at the Toronto Sun</ref>

===Decoupling===

====Decoupling====

Decoupling refers to restricting and terminating certain trade relationships with the Chinese Communist Party. Decoupling however, is not limited merely to commerce. It will affect student exchange programs as students from China are hand selected by the Chinese Communist Party and expected to serve the party upon graduation without becoming infected with ideas such as [[democracy]], [[justice]], and [[religion]] while in the United States.  American students studying in China likewise are targeted for compromise, blackmail, and ideological subversion.

Decoupling refers to restricting and terminating certain trade relationships with the Chinese Communist Party. Decoupling however, is not limited merely to commerce. It will affect student exchange programs as students from China are hand selected by the Chinese Communist Party and expected to serve the party upon graduation without becoming infected with ideas such as [[democracy]], [[justice]], and [[religion]] while in the United States.  American students studying in China likewise are targeted for compromise, blackmail, and ideological subversion.

*China Telecom Corporation: In April 2020, the U.S. government pulled a license from this Chinese telecommunications company's American subsidiary on the grounds that it entailed unacceptable risks of Chinese [[espionage]] and disruption of U.S. networks.

*China Telecom Corporation: In April 2020, the U.S. government pulled a license from this Chinese telecommunications company's American subsidiary on the grounds that it entailed unacceptable risks of Chinese [[espionage]] and disruption of U.S. networks.

==Canada==

===Canada===

{{main article|CCP virus in Canada}}

{{main article|CCP virus in Canada}}

==Iceland==

==Iceland==