The China angle in fomenting discontent in the country & the role of Indian media

 

The China angle in fomenting discontent in the country
&
the role of Indian media

Hasty retreat by Chinese armed forces from Pangong Tso area

            We all have read and heard about the various International intelligence agencies like CIA, MI5, KGB, MOSSAD etc. and even for that matter ISI of Pakistan.  However, very few of us have any knowledge about the Chinese intelligence agency, as it usually keeps a very low profile and is known as MSS (Ministry of State Security).  If one does an analysis of the recent events in world Geo-politics, one can join dots significantly and these pointers directs one towards China and the functioning of its MSS.  China had actually threatened India with various covert operations, including fanning of insurgency in North east region of the country, through its media mouth piece i.e. The Global Times.  Many ordinary citizens may not be taking these threats seriously, but the activities of MSS across the world needs to be assessed afresh. 

             Although the MSS is not known to be an agency with known strike capabilities on enemies like the KGB & MOSSAD, but it now appears that it has gained immense expertise for covertly operating with intent to destabilize entire geographical regions by use of its money power through third party entities, so as to ensure that China is not exposed or directly blamed for the same.  This was amply on display recently, during the recently concluded US Presidential elections, wherein the rhetoric of ‘white supremacy’ and violence thereon was perpetrated and was used as a tool to ensure distinct disadvantage for Mr.Donald Trump, a known China baiter.  The persons and media involved in generating and perpetrating this specific agenda in the USA, are known to have received monetary support from unknown sources.  The stand taken by India, especially the present Government,  in respect of ‘Belt & Road initiative’ (BRI for short) of China has not gone down too well with the Chinese establishment, especially its President Xi Jinping, as the most ambitious component/project of the BRI namely CPEC runs through Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and could be in jeopardy in near future, especially in case India did not become part of this capitalist and expansionist policy of China, in case India happens to re-occupy its land i.e. POK, the entire amount of more than 50 billion dollars spent by China to develop this corridor  could turn out to be a naught.  In case any reader wants to learn about the BRI and its impact globally, may read this article - https://www.tni.org/files/publication-downloads/bri_framing_web_en.pdf.

A representative image of CPEC scheme in Pakistan 

          In order to destabilize the present Government, the Chinese agencies sought covert help from ISI of Pakistan to infiltrate the ranks of certain Muslim organizations and instigated the CAA protests, but due to exposure of likes of Sarjil Imam and Umar Khalid of indulging in anti-national activities, coupled with exposure of likes of Tahir Hussain, whose active role with covert help of a political party stood exposed, during the Delhi riots perpetrated on eve of visit of the then United States President to India in February, 2020 are all indicative of the role of China in trying to destabilize the current Government through agencies like ISI.  The return to power of the present Government in 2019 had unnerved China further and it stepped up the ante to find ways and means to destabilize and ultimately defame this Government and ensure its electoral loss in next the elections.  This was not a game plan that had been hatched overnight, but had been on the anvil since years and this can be seen by the increased Chinese activity in Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to foment trouble for India from all sides.  Further, the world wide destruction unleased by China in guise of COVID-19 for ensuring economic dominance over the world, was coupled with the infamous ‘Tabligi Jamat’ incident in March - April, 2020, wherein mullahs from countries wherein China has a marked presence, came to India and despite being infected intentionally, they dispersed all over country, mostly to remote locations, with intent to spread the virus and cripple the fragile Indian health care system and thereby create a strong anti-Government narrative.  However, having failed to get the desired results through these initiatives, the Chinese Government as a last ditch attempt to de-stabilize, de-motivate and disintegrate the present Government, upped the ante by challenging India militarily by marching upto the Finger-4 region on Pangong Tso region in Ladakh.  The attempt was to militarily humiliate the present Government and thus, discredit it, but the tables were turned with the Galwan incident, wherein a pre-mediated attack by the Chinese troops became it’s Waterloo, as more than double the number of its soldiers perished in hand to hand combat with Indian jawans.  This unprecedented turn of events actually started to hurt the Chinese leadership back home and as much as the media may hype, coupled with this military setback and the position taken by the Indian armed forces alongside, it was the internal domestic pressure, especially upon the central leadership within China that resulted in the present withdrawal.

             As a last ditch effort, the Chinese establishment tried to create turmoil in India through this false narrative of so called ‘Kisan aandolan’ and later tried to give it an International color using paid up projected personalities like Rihanna and Greta Thunberg.  But the tweet of Greta Thunberg, a self-projected and propagated cult personality, with lone intent to black-mail and to gain monetarily, this cult persona made a hasty tweet that included the copy of the hidden agenda of the paid campaign and this exposed the entire set-up and discredited the movement internationally.  Coupled with this, the on ground activity of the so called leaders of the ‘Kisan aandolan’, who had been paid to discredit the Government internationally by disturbing the Republic day celebrations, especially by indulging in large scale violence and expecting Government retribution failed miserably and the leaders were on run in the aftermath.  The public instead of being swayed by the activities of these so called activists, in an anti-Government charade, actually turned against them after being exposed to the real agenda behind the agitation and the sponsored program is slowly petering out.  The intent of this specific movement was also to disrupt the lifeline of armed forces that runs through States of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, in case a limited war broke out at the border and to choke the supply chain of the Indian forces using its own citizens (actually anti-nationals), who would disrupt the Railway lines, roads etc.  One of the glaring incidents, that points fingers towards Chinese involvement is the uncalled for destruction of Reliance network towers in Punjab, as a warning for working of 5G technology and challenging China globally, one has to read between the lines and incidents to join the dots in such vicious intents ( Here is the link to the news - https://www.indiannewslive.com/why-do-farmers-explode-on-mobile-towers-in-the-middle-of-the-movement-loss-over-1500-cm-amarinder-instructs-to-take-action.html ).  

Sikh activists damaging Reliance towers in Punjab

The other incident of hoisting flat at Red Fort was an act of defiance and a direct challenge to authorities provoking them for taking harsh punitive action, as the Chinese believed would take place, but the mature handling of situation by the Delhi Police and the political brass, exposed China and divisive forces effectively.  Thus, having failed to garner an internal turmoil within the country and also having failed to turn Nepal totally against India and coupled with India’s ‘Vaccine diplomacy’ alongwith military and other support being offered to immediate neighbors and India having won over Bangladesh and Myanmar had rattled the Chinese establishment badly.  As a last ditch effort to ensnare India, it has perpetrated a military coup in Myanmar to continue with its game of geo-political destabilization of the South East Asian region. 

         However, finding no way out even after having indulged in all these games to destabilize the country and win the war without firing a shot, having dithering for eight rounds of military talks, China finally accepted the inevitable after the ninth round and withdrew at such a pace that left the International community stupefied, but it is evident that this had been planned in detail since long and the orders stood served to the last soldier in the line and man were the Chinese military happy to get out of the hell they had been pushed into by their own Government, where they lived in constant fear of being dismembered by the Indian military at any instant, especially after the Galwan incident.  China had no choice either, as an honorable exit was the only way out, as a military defeat would have thoroughly exposed the inadequacies in the Chinese military establishment worldwide and its ramifications would have been immense.

             Now many of you may be pondering that the entire narration till now centers around the Chinese activities of destabilizing India, but what has the Indian media got to do with it.   The answer to it is quite complex, as well as very simple and I will try to explain the link.  As I have narrated that the Chinese MSS has grown its expertise in garnering and festering discontent and ways to destabilize countries or geo-political regions.  It mainly targets, what is both the strongest and weakest points of a vibrant democracy i.e. right to protest.  It uses this as a tool by pumping in money and garnering violent protests through third party mechanisms or intelligence agencies, such as ISI, which will carry out any such activity for sake of money.  However, what these countries that overtly rely on China, fail to realize is that the China is not a welfare state and that all its investments are directed at gaining and establishing economic dependence upon China that would ultimately lead to grant of suzerainty to China.  This is the new form of colonialism that China perceives and is actively perpetrating in poorer nations in Asia and Africa and for that matter even South America.  In this process, in order to impose a thought process upon the citizens of that country, the Chinese establishment uses the media of that country by paying them to raise a specific bogey, so as to en-cash upon it later to dictate its terms.  What ails certain Indian media houses in India as well, is that it is playing pally to this Chinese propaganda machinery for some ill gotten money, but once in its trap, these media houses are later blackmailed to remain silent or loose their entire credibility by getting by exposed by these Chinese agents. 

             If you just analyze the events that unfolded since 2019 onwards and join the dots, you will find that the role of certain media houses, independently as well as in consonance with certain political parties, have been suspect and a chronological sequence would look like this –

1)    Some media houses were hell bent upon establishing that the CAA was actually a tool to harass and deny citizenship to a certain religious section in India.  Whereas, the fact was that it was a bill to provide citizenship and not take it away;

The mockery of CAA -  protests in India

2)    This was followed up with an orchestrated communal riot in Delhi on the eve of visit of the then US President to India and the media tried to play the victim cards in favor of certain community and also fuel it.  But the exposure of the deeds through the Mobile warriors i.e. ordinary citizens recording the events through their mobile cameras, exposed the false narrative of certain media houses;

The Delhi riots view and one of the chief perpetrators and organizer Tahir Hussain

3)      Then came the incident of ‘Tabligi jamat’ and you would have noticed some media houses were bending backwards over to project religious persecution, when these foreign and Indian elements were being rounded up.  Also remember the kind of pan India anti-Government stance was being taken by certain religious sect by attacking health workers etc. during this period that pointed towards an well-orchestrated sinister plan;

The 'Tabligi jamaat' and their leader

4)  Thereafter, when China took an attacking stance and marched upto Finger-4 of Pangong Tso in Ladakh, the same media houses started crying hoarse that China had taken over Indian Territory and this rhetoric was in tandem with certain political parties, whose NGOs had been receiving money from the China as well as its entities;

A garb of the Galwan incident during skirmish with China

5)   Then came the lockdown because of COVID-19 and the rhetoric and blatant criticism of the Government for having miserably failed to contain the spread of virus and ruining of economy, by this very plethora of Indian media houses in tandem with other political parties.  But the efforts made by the Government is now there for all to see and despite being much poorer nation viz a viz the Western European counterparts including USA and Canada, India has contained the spread effectively and also provided a vaccine to the world on its own;

6)   Thereafter, came this propagated agenda of protests against the so called ‘Farm Bills’ and here again the same party that was earlier trying to implement it, was up in arms against the same alongwith their coterie of media houses, which in fact is an unfortunate aspect of democracy.  The false narrative of certain media houses alongwith political parties etc. of unfortunate over-turning of a Tractor and the driver getting killed, being projected as having been shot by the Police, in order to perpetrate violence on the streets aka USA, came out a naught for the Chinese machinery, as the entire incident had been recorded independently by various media and also by my so called ‘Mobile warriors’, who were the actual heroes in exposing the falsity of CAA, Tabliggi Jammat and roles of likes of Tahir Hussain during Delhi riots;

Some anti-social and anti-national elements attack Red Fort in garb of Kisan aandolan or Farmers protest

7)      Another aspect of the media soft pedaling certain issues, especially through Radio Channels have also come to my notice.  The Radio Jockeys (RJs for short) while hosting programs other than news programs, subtly raise issues like rise in petrol prices, socially sensitive issues etc. and peddle them to drum up a fresh agitation, either for monetary gains (for the houses managing and hosting these Radio channels) or for political purposes (being sponsored by Political parties through advertisement etc.).  Some of the RJs blatantly mimic certain functionaries of the Government including the Prime Minister, in guise of humor, to discredit them; and

8)      Finally the last, but not the least is the fomenting of plethora of online news portals (whose source of funding is suspect), which by hoodwinking the regular censorship model publish blatantly false articles with sole intent to create disharmony and distrust etc. in the nation.

 In this context, the Chinese attempt to use some celebrities, of course through back channels is evident.  In this context, the name of an female celebrity Rihanna, who put in a tweet supporting the so called farmers agitation raised a protest from the citizens, albeit a few media houses, including a few Radio jockeys, whose management allow these elements (for sake of revenue of course) to raise irrelevant issues in unconnected programs like Hindi songs hosting or to unnecessarily mimic the tone and tenor of our Prime Minister for passing disparaging remarks against him in guise of humor, all at cost of free speech in democracy.  All these unscrupulous elements started drumming the bogey and raising a hue a cry either about the Government being too harsh and reactive towards such tweets or questioning other Indian celebrities for retorting to the tweets of Rihanna.  However, it is imperative to place here on record that Rihanna has had a long association with China and this article of 2019 in a Chinese media will establish my contentions –

https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/china/rihannas-latest-cover-spurred-cries-of-cultural-appropriation-but-chinese-netizens-disagree-fenty

Further, when the source of fund regarding the tweet surfaced, the pro-Khalisatani body based in Canada and accused of paying millions of dollars for the tweet came out denying that it had paid Rinanna for the said tweet, shows their guilt – here is the link to this article - https://www.news18.com/news/india/canada-based-pjf-denies-paying-2-5-million-to-rihanna-for-her-tweet-supporting-farmers-protest-3399422.html

Rihanna

The final nail to this sordid saga was hammered by one of the perpetrators and player of this game, when the over smart Greta Thunberg of Sweden, being propagated as an environmentalist, issued a similar tweet regarding farmers agitation, but inadvertently also shared the link known as ‘toolkit’ that exposed the entire game plan including that of Rihanna and the deletion of the tweet later established the sinister plan and here  is the link to the news - https://in.news.yahoo.com/greta-thunbergs-deleted-toolkit-plot-to-defame-india-100953564.html

Greta Thunberg

These back to back incidents and exposure compelled the right thinking citizens of the country about this international conspiracy being hatched by enemy nations resulted in the so called farmer’s agitation losing steam and now slowly petering out.

 

Indian forces in Ladakh - all geared up to take on China

            Now let us come to the latest instance, wherein China after due deliberations agreed to pull back its troops in Pangong Tso region back to its original position of beyond Finger-8, to an existing pre-April, 2020 position.  It is in effect implementation of bilateral agreement of ‘status quo ante’, which means in common parlance that things be restored as it existed on a particular date in the past.  Accordingly, the Indian troops too went back to their permanent base near Finger-3 region, as existing prior to April, 2020.  The Indian Government has been steadfast in its demand from day one that China should first move back to its pre-April, 2020 position and has achieved the same.  Similarly, India too had to withdraw all its troops that had been stationed post April, 2020 because of the conflict in the said region.  However, China in order to have a face saving option has again used this coterie of paid Indian media and politicians to question the withdrawal of troops from the Kailash ranges i.e. Rezang la etc. and started misleading the public, in name of democratic freedom, questioning the withdrawal and ceding of territory by India.  This is far from the factual position, as ‘status quo ante’ even in International law applies equivocally to either parties and in order to get into an bilateral agreement, the same status has to be restored by either parties and accordingly, it was incumbent upon India to do so.  Therefore, the Indian media houses that are somehow influenced by outside agencies/counties tend to propagate narrative that is against national interest and all this is done in the name of democracy.  Juxtaposed to it, autocratic nations tend to misuse this power to propagate false narratives to harm a nation or its government and its credibility etc. through the use of such unscrupulous media houses.  However, this kind of game doesn’t have a long lasting love story, as these rogue autocratic nations, just throw away these entities into the dustbin after their game is over, as has happened recently with BBC, that was involved in anti-India propaganda on behest of this country, which now stands banned in China itself.

          I believe that it is incumbent upon the media to report facts as they exist and not as what it should be perceived as per their opinion and this thin line should not be crossed at any cost, as this tantamount to ‘yellow journalism’.  In case it is still done by any media house, an appropriate regulatory authority should ban that media house for a specific period of time.  This kind of watch dog is essential so that rogue States like China are not able to use this democratic right to foster their evil intentions.  I strongly feel that it is time that some self-imposed regulatory authority is strongly recommended for monitoring the media houses.  Expect my readers to comment regarding their take on my stand in this article.

 (All the photographs used in the blog have been sourced from the internet and for representative purpose only)

© S. Roy Biswas

 

           

A case study – whether SARS Covid-19 is man-made virus or a virus that evolved through natural mutation

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A case study – whether SARS Covid-19 is man-made virus or a virus that evolved through natural mutation

(A conspiracy theory of origin of virus in China – deliberate or accidental)

A 3-D image of the Corona virus
(Sourced from the internet)

            As an aftermath of the SARS Covid-19 pandemic that has brought the entire world to its knees, a controversy is raging all across the planet that as to whether this virus was a natural phenomenon or an man-made induced virus.  Most of the affected nations are up in arms and the blame game has become an everyday affair. Consequently the majority of the population is at a loss to understand the scientific jargon and reasons for such accusations, especially being levelled against China for having unleashed a bio-weapon to effect change in the world order.  The specific reason to examine this issue in detail was provoked by the latest meme making rounds in the social platforms on the internet related to the interpretation of COVID-19 and it had been interpreted in the meme as – “Chinese Origin Virus Inducted in December 2019”.  Let us examine the issue in a step by step manner, so as to enable the readers to reach a logical conclusion.  In order to understand the history, progeny and epidemiological study of the virus, this article has been accordingly divided into several chapters/headings.

HISTORY OF CORONA VIRUS

Although there have been several pandemics, but the ones in 1700s and 1800s were mostly because of bacterial infections, in early 19^th century Plague and Cholera Pandemics had hit the world hard, however, the first known viral pandemic that had devastated the world, was commonly referred to as the ‘Spanish flu’ that had hit the world during the time of first World War and ravaged the world between 1918 to 1920s.  The present pandemic has come in about a 100 years later, which is fuelled by the fast spreading Cororna virus known as SARS CoV-2 that causes Covid-19.

The first known discovery of the Corona Virus is attributable to one Ms. June Almeida, an electron microscope technician, who had honed her skills to such an extent that even the most renowned scientists sought her help to obtain clear images of viruses etc.  As published in the National Geographic April, 2020 edition wherein her work and immense contribution towards enhancing scientific know how has been recognized, mentions as follows – “When June Almeida peered into her electron microscope in 1964, she saw a round, grey dot covered in tiny spokes. She and her colleagues noted that the pegs formed a halo around the virus – much like the sun’s corona”.   This was a virus isolated from a very sick school boy in Surrey and Dr. David Tyrrell, who had collected the sample and labelled it as B814, was finding it difficult to cultivate it and identify it and had accordingly had sought Ms. June Almedia’s help.  The first photograph of the new strain of virus named as Corona virus can be accessed in the article by this link - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/04/june-almeida-discovered-coronaviruses-decades-ago-little-recognition/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc%E2%80%A6#/first-woman-coronavirus-151056911.jpg

Although there have been several other viral outbreaks in the past, but tracing the history or Corona viruses, the major attack came in the year 2003 when the world by hit by an pandemic triggered by the now infamous SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) virus, whose causative virus was named RT-PCR.  The disease first emerged in November, 2002 but as per the practice in China, it was declared only in the spring of 2003 as having emerged in Guagdong province of China, after it got out of their hands.  The mortality rate of this new virus strain was at about 10% and hence a major source of concern for the world.  There have been many research papers since 2003 to establish the actual cause of the infection and its source.  Although now it is an established fact that the original host of the virus are certain species of Bats (being mammals the transmission was probable after some mutations), however, nothing conclusive have evolved.  There is still some confusion regarding the zoonotic transfer, as this strain of the virus have also been found in Civets, which has more homology with the human strain.  Some of the research papers, had at that point of time also,  pointed out that the source of virus was the animal markets in China, but there is little proof of the same, especially in light of the fact that the virus that was found in the Bats was very different from the one that afflicted the humans.  Although there were veiled references to this virus also having been bred in China, but as the loss of human lives was not many hence the international community did not press for details.  However, there are verifiable reports that five top officials of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were punished and asked to take blame for this outbreak of SARS.  These officials, including centre Director Li Liming, were forced to take responsibility for the outbreak which started with the infection of two laboratory researchers by the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) virus, Vice-Premier Wu Yi had publically announced this in a conference.

           

The next known world pandemic that is attributable to the same family of the Corona virus was the MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), caused by another strain of the Corona virus called the MERS-CoV.  The first reported incident of the virus was on June 13, 2012 from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.  This virus was also a novel virus that mainly affected the adults and in some cases the mortality rate was upto 40%.  With the experience of SARS behind them, the WHO was prompt in declaring it as an emergency and appropriate medical protocols were adopted that was instrumental in its containment.  However, it would be pertinent to place here on record that this Novel Corona virus also had a reservoir source in Bats alongwith other domesticated animals like Pigs, Cows, Camels etc. although those associated with Camels i.e. rearing or slaughtering etc. were found to be percentage wise more afflicted by this deadly virus.

WHAT IS A NOVEL CORNOA VIRUS AND HOW IT INFECTS HUMANS

An artists representation of the Corona virus
(Sourced from the internet)

            Whenever, any virus appears for the first time and has no known history of earlier occurrence, it is called a ‘Novel’ virus and since the Wuhan Corona virus was also a new virus it was called as Novel.  The virus belongs of family named as Corona, which in turn gets the name from the tell-tale spikes jutting out from the blob like core that looks like a crown or corona.  These spikes interact with the receptors of the specific cells in human bodies, which these viruses attack.  The spikes act as a key to the lock and gain entry into the human body cell.  These viruses then transfer the RNA (Ribo Neuclic Acid – a single strand genetic material) into the cells, which in turn then replicates itself inside these infected cells and subsequently get released after damaging the cell wall, so as to infect more such cells around and that causes the infection in the human body.  Those who have an idea as to how the Malaria parasites enter and destroy the human Red Blood Corpuscles can visualize this better.  As for the spikes of the virus it has been found that sugars dot the outside of the spike, just like sugars dot the outside of regular human cells, as found by Dr. 
David Veesler, a structural virologist at the University of Washington who led a team that visualized the SARS-CoV-2 spike.  This carbohydrate camouflage makes the virus even more difficult for the human immune system to recognize. 

Studies on SARS- and MERS-causing viruses indicate that all three proteins in a spike have to open for it to gain access to a cell.  SARS-CoV-2 is the seventh coronavirus known to infect humans; SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 can cause severe disease, whereas HKU1, NL63, OC43 and 229E are associated with mild symptoms.  As the virus is being claimed to have a ‘zoonotic transfer’ (meaning that the virus jumped from natural reservoir host to humans) from Bats or Civets etc.  Estimates of the timing of the most recent common ancestor of SARS-CoV-2 made with current sequence data point to emergence of the virus in late November 2019 to early December, 2019.   The identification of a potential intermediate host of SARS-CoV-2, as well as sequencing of the virus from very early cases, would similarly be highly informative and helpful to researchers for finding a chink in its armour. Irrespective of the exact mechanisms by which SARS-CoV-2 originated via natural selection, the ongoing surveillance of pneumonia in humans and other animals is clearly of utmost importance at present alongwith methods to cure it.

The SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 as explained is a blob of lipid (a kind of fat also found in human body and people can relate it with Lipid profile being ordered by doctors from time to time) enveloping the genetic material i.e. RNA inside.  This virus is known to be highly contagious as well as sturdy enough to survive in sterile (outside natural host) environments upto 36 hours or more unlike other viruses.  The mode of transmission is also to be established in detail and the only protocol now being advised is social distancing (as the current protocol) and use of Personal Protective Equipment while dealing with infection/infected persons by medical/para-medical personnel.  This virus causes an antibody reaction in the human body that produces phlegm in the lungs as mechanism to fight against the virus and excessive production results in gradual accumulation of same and its density becoming thicker with passage of time.  This results in blocking of air passages, as the body is unable of expel this stick phlegm and hence extensive use of life support system, especially respirators /Ventilators have become the immediate need of the hour, as it is an integral instrument for life support for victims of this virus.  Since at present there is no known cure or vaccination against this virus, the other methods that can be used for disinfecting and getting rid the virus are – (a) Washing hands with soap for 20 seconds or more, as the soap disintegrates the outer lipid layer and exposes the inner genetic material i.e. RNA and rendering the virus without any protection and hence it cannot propagate any further; (b) Sanitizer with more than 60% alcohol content, as it too disintegrates the outer lipid layer and renders the virus redundant; (c) By Ultra violet radiation that destroys the RNA or causes mutation in it rendering it incapable of causing infection; and (d) By Heat – as it has been seen that in temperatures above 56 degrees centigrade for 30 minutes disintegrate it’s spikes, thus rendering the virus incapable of entering the human cell.

WHY CHINA IS BEING BLAMED FOR THE FIASCO

Dr.Li Wenliang - the first to warn the world of the impending disaster
(Sourced from the internet)

After the SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 started ravaging lives across Europe and America, charges started being levelled against the Chinese Government of both creating this virus as well as trying to supress the fact of its being so highly contagious and being non treatable with known drugs.  It is a well-established fact through scientific research that the virus came into being in late November or early December, 2019.  The reasons why questions are now being asked from Chinese authorities (that include some of my assumptions) are as follows –

• Ø     The Chinese authorities have been trying to pin the blame of the dissemination of the virus from Wuhan animal market from its source i.e. Bats.  However, the fact remains that the concerned bats are situated 40 Kms. away from there and bats do not cover that long distances for food.  Although there is ample proof of bats being used for research in the Wuhan laboratory;
• Ø  Further none of the first fourteen afflicted persons had any known connection with the said market;
• Ø  Whether there was lack of proper and adequate protection measures for containment of the virus within the facility is also a question that is being put, as many photographs have appeared in many magazines, wherein the condition of refrigerators being used in the facility have been shown to be damaged;
• Ø  Why China is not keen to inform the world of the ‘patient zero’ and his/her viscera not being released for further scientific examination.  Zero patient is the person who is known to have contacted the infection first and this helps is studying as to how the virus jumped from animal to human (zoonotic transfer);
• Ø  Speculations are rife that an intern at Wuhan lab named Huang Yanling was the first to contact the virus and had passed it on to her boyfriend and thereafter it spread from the Wuhan animal market from a secondary person.  Although the Chinese Government has denied it on record stating that the said Huang Yanling had obtained her Ph.D in 2015 and was no longer working in the Wuhan Lab.  However, the website of Wuhan Lab lists her name, but has conveniently removed her photographs and her credentials, alongwith that of three other interns, thus raising the suspicion that the allegations of the virus having been carried outside the lab through this conduit is a plausible explanation;
• Ø  There is another plausible link that a local animal product contractor named Li Ning had been selling off the meat of animals from the Wuhan Lab to the local market dealers and he had been subsequently sentenced to 12 years of prison, this information too is available on the internet, although the reasons for such punishment have been stated to be embezzlement;
• Ø  The world should acknowledge the spirit and grit of Dr. Li Wenliang, who was the first to publically point out the deadly nature of the virus.  His voice was not only quashed by the totalitarian Chinese regime that not only made him write an apology letter, but later conveniently silenced him forever using the camouflage of the virus as the causative agent of his death.  Even in this photograph (that I have displayed hereinabove), there is no distress on his face that is palpable during acute respiratory problems caused by the virus.  Therefore, the act of the Chinese regime to silence him was to stop him from informing the world of how the virus spread in the region;
• Ø  Despite the warning issued by Dr.Li Wenliang in around third week of December, 2019 the Chinese authorities continued to be in denial mode and the world was also mislead by the World Health Organization (WHO for short) through its head Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who had been backed by the Chinese regime to assume charge as head of WHO.  It now appears that there was a sinister plan being implemented by the Chinese regime in a step by step manner.  This head of WHO has a very shady past and details of which may be accessed through this link - https://frankreport.com/2020/04/14/the-ethiopian-terrorist-in-charge-of-the-world-health-organization-dr-tedros-adhanom/?fbclid=IwAR2nvjTTGy%E2%80%A6;
• Ø  There are other factual issues that point out towards overt and covert Chinese association with the present crisis.  As per a report of December, 2017 there were about 2.2 million workers in Government owned enterprises, about 2.75 million in private owned industries and about 1.25 million in unorganized sectors in Wuhan region.  Looking at the increase in Chinese GDP over the years, these numbers would definitely have moved upwards by Dec., 2019.   We are all aware as to how the migrant workers move towards their home states during festivals (in India like Diwali etc.) and likewise such a movement is expected in China as well during the Chinese New Year and the same fell on 25^th January, 2020 this year, with holidays from 23^rd to 30^th January, 2020 being declared in China as per their Government calendar.  The Chinese imposed the lockdown only on 23^rd January, 2020 and by that time hundreds of thousands of such migrant workers would already have migrated back to their home towns for the festivities.  But the spread of infection in other places in China was either not reported or never happened and if this was the case, it was a fallacy and the incident in Wuhan appears to be just a cover up to mislead the international forum.  Further, it is not understood or can be appreciated as to why the international flights continued to operate from China, despite the fact that the Chinese had by this time were fully aware of the virulence of this unknown virus and had taken steps like that of total lockdown;
• Ø  It is now a well-documented fact that Wuhan was put under total quarantine and Chinese authorities acknowledged about 2300 odd persons having succumbed to the infection, which has now been revised upward of 3000, but the fact remains that the Chinese authorities still continue to hide the figures and public unrest is also growing over it, as the number of ash urns of deceased are lying in tens of thousands.  The next aspect that needs answer is that despite the migration of so many workers from Wuhan, why other parts of China were not affected by the virus at all, even if reported its impact was negligible.  The question thus that comes to mind of any logical individual would be – as to how a virus that ravaged the entire world did not affect any other part of China???  Evidently, the Chinese authorities were either hand in glove with WHO in supressing information or it was a strategy for cover up and China is still denying permission to international experts to visit its sites and to collect first-hand information;
• Ø  Another question that crops up in my mind is that there were several photographs of Chinese origin persons holding placards stating ‘We are not virus, we are humans/Chinese – please give us a hug’ in Italy and ultimately, this country was the first to bear the full brunt of the fatalities and infections.  It would be appropriate that the Italian authorities investigate the credentials of these Chinese nationals and check as to whether they had any role in the spread of the disease in Italy?  This being done in pursuance of a part of the sinister plan woven by the Chinese Government;
• Ø  Every tourist who visits Europe makes it a point to visit Italy and especially Venice in Florence.  This city now has a communist leaning Mayor and his role appears to be very suspect and needs to be checked by the Italian authorities, as he was the one who was encouraging the citizens to treat the Chinese with compassion and hugs.  Further, this tourist destination had been cleverly chosen, if it was a conspiracy, as during the festival season of Christmas and New Year, many thousands of tourists throng this destination and were likely to easily carry back the infection to their home countries.  Could this be the reason that forced the Chinese to gag the whistle blower, as they were reluctant to ‘get the cat out of the bag’ and thus, had initiated action against Dr. Li Wenliang, of censuring him and he being forced by the local Police to withdraw his statement about the unknown virus, as the disclosure at that juncture of time would have jeopardized their entire Chinese game plan?  A further cover up of now declaring him a ‘martyr’, is only to assuage the public sentiments in China?
• Ø  One can consider this kind of warfare as a kind of fifth generation warfare that would be fought without crossing swords in battle fields and this concept has been in development in China since long.  Some of the military top brass, in the past, have already acknowledged that in a conventional warfare scenario, China may not be able to match up to USA and hence some other strategy was needed.  Even the takeover of the Wuhan Lab by the Chinese Military through Major General Chen Wei, China’s chief biochemical weapon defence expert, reflects that something sinister was going on that required direct military intervention, so that any information may not get leaked.  This question is also of paramount concern, as the question that whether there were no other senior Chinese civilian scientists, who could have been handed over the charge of this installation?;
• Ø  The role of Chinese scientist Dr. Shi Zenghli of the Wuhan Laboratory where she is working as Chief Scientist and is acknowledged as expert in Virus studies conducted on Bats.  Her paper presented in 2015 where she had detailed the pseudo-typing experiments, which could ultimately be used to make tailor made viruses,  is indicative of the process that could have been adopted – here is the link to her controversial paper, after which USA stopped funding of the project - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4797993/.  After the outbreak in Wuhan, the Chinese authorities used her name to claim that the Virus stored in Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), was genetically different from that causing infection in humans, in simple words.  However, another Chinese scientist Dr. Botao Xiao who is a DNA specialist, however, had expressed his opinion about possibility of the virus having originated from Wuhan lab in his paper published on 5^th March, 2020.  However, now the article/paper has not only been withdrawn, but his entire profile stands deleted completely.  These incidents of State controlled expression that suits their narrative of the story being churned by the Chinese, lends credence to the world opinion that points out towards some deliberate sinister role of China in this deplorable episode;
• Ø  More recently the international magazine ‘The Week’ in series of articles published by it, have pointed fingers at deliberate Chinese hand in spread of the virus.  In the first article published in January 28, 2020 with the heading ‘Coronavirus outbreak a result of Chinese biological espionage’ had drawn a detailed picture as to how the deadly virus was ferreted out of NIH in Canada by Chinese agents and here is the link to the article - https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2020/01/28/coronavirus-outbreak-a-result-of-chinese-biological-espionage.html.  In another more recent publication dated 19^th April, 2020 the Magazine had referred to interview of French Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier wherein he had claimed that the virus was man made and attributable to WIV – here is the link to the article - https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2020/04/19/coronavirus-man-made-in-wuhan-lab-says-nobel-laureate.html;

CORNAVIRUS/COVID-19 INFECTION OR WUHAN VIRUS AND ITS PERSPECTIVE VIZ A VIZ INDIA AND ACTIONS OF CHINA

            It is evident that India had its own apprehensions about the Chinese handling of the entire Wuhan Virus episode, although it has steadfastly avoided the controversy of calling it as China Virus and even the Chinese envoy stationed in India had requested India to help it counter this Western propaganda.  However, there is little on record, as detailed hereinabove whereby China can be absolved of its complicity in this entire sordid episode that would become part of World History.   India was always apprehensive of the partisan role being played by the WHO chief and his advice was accordingly and appropriately so, not heeded to the present Government in power, which instead chose to go by the advice of its own medical think tank i.e. ICMR.  The decision to impose lock down all across India on 25^th March, 2020 much to dismay of WHO chief, who showed his displeasure publically through various interviews.  However, the decision taken has contained the spread of infection unlike more advanced Nations like Italy, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, USA etc. and is now being lauded by the same Chief, as being a timely action, this after having been done after having been reprimanded badly by the USA, which had stopped all funding of WHO.   It would be imperative to mention here the sinister design of the so called Tabligi Jamat a Muslim brotherhood that supposedly spreads teachings of Islam.  This very kind of organization was responsible for spread of virus in Malaysia and therefrom to other nearby Islamic states.  India was an intended target, as many foreign nationals who entered India in guise of tourists, spread across the country and were found from remote locations, where they had no business to visit as tourists, particularly so, as they had no knowledge of the local languages and hence the plea that they wanted to spread Islam falls flat on its face.  So far the information gathered indicates that it was planned move and it would be premature to pinpoint the exact motive, but an educated guess would be that it was a two pronged strategy, stitched together by China with its all-weather friend Pakistan.   The Chinese think tank had already looked at the scenario of World backlash, in case the virus outbreak was attributed to China and consequent fall out.  The only probable Nation that would stand to gain from China’s fall out would be India, so a strategy was put in place by the Pakistan’s ISI to under guidance of the Chinese was to fester biological warfare attack upon India, as the conventional ones in the past had not yielded desirable results.  The plan was drawn to transmit and dissipate the virus, by transmitting the disease across India through these foreign agents in collaboration with the local moles.  It is accordingly advisable for Government of India and its agencies, to thoroughly check the credentials and baggage of these foreign participants to find if they were carrying disease containing vials or hawala money etc. to encourage disbursement of the virus package throughout India.  Through this act, China and Pakistan could destabilise India through a civil unrest and indications are rife in this regard, since 2015 itself, as the Muslims of India have been slowly brainwashed in active connivance with some political parties and the role of certain elements of the fourth estate also cannot be ruled out.  The economic fall out because of huge numbers getting infected, especially during the Hindu festivities of ‘Navratris’ and presumption by those across the border that the Government would not impose lockdown during this period of festivity, failed miserably in their presumptions.  The dismay and agony can be gauged from the outcry of the WHO Chief in particular, during this period, establishes this doctrine of mine albeit through surmises and conjectures.  The other aspect that many missed is that China and for that matter Pakistan barely have any value for human lives and accordingly, they spread the propaganda that the virus could not infect Muslims, as they performed ‘wazu’ (ritualistic ablution) five times a day, with the sinister motive that even if large number of Muslims die, they were likely to occupy most of the Hospital beds and they would deliberately ill-treat the medical professionals and Hindu patients, if admitted.  This would unleash a friction amongst the two communities, finally leading to a civil strife in the country and in pursuance of this agenda, not only the Muslims are resorting to various acts to enrage Hindus, but of late have also started physically attacking them and this is in connivance with various political parties/fourth estate personnel etc. and this is evident from the daily reports in social media about such incidents.  This kind of deliberate attempt to weaken India economically and the attempt to show to the world that it is a strife torn country, is with only one of the sinister intents i.e. to discourage the international community to trust India with its manufacturing etc. or to shift base out from China.   However, the central leadership of our country i.e. India is committed to welfare of India and hence these attempts till now have not gained much grounds till now.  Further, the social media alongwith the army of Indian citizens have risen to the occasion and started circulating actual footage of incidents and people are now no longer required to go by the dissemination of doctored media reports and hence the elements of the frustrated fourth estate, in the pay books of China, is not able to deliver with much punch and is generally getting exposed on a daily basis.  A glimmer of light that has emerged from behind the dark clouds, in favour of India, is that the propaganda generated by Pakistan’s ISI that the infection will not affect Muslims have now come to haunt them back albeit a Frankenstein, as despite several attempts, the Muslims in Pakistan are defying Government orders and gathering in mosques to pray and the fear of Corona infection taking a huge toll in Pakistan is looming large on its face.  Now these very elements who propagated this thought process at the first place, cannot ask them to unlearn or say that it was false propaganda, for the fear that they would stand to get exposed at international level in this sinister game plan.

            

         Another probable reason for the failure of the sinister game plan of these neighbouring countries, lies in the Hindu cultural ethos, as per my personal take on it.  ICMR in its recent report has stated that in India 80% of the patients in India are asymptomatic i.e. without any symptoms.  Like in Japan, where no lock down had to imposed because of personal hygiene and public discipline, as most Japanese wear masks as a matter of routine and wash their hands before entering offices and public places. Juxtaposed to this, in India as per Hindu ethos and traditions, most of Indians bathe in the mornings on a regular basis, do some puja etc. before embarking upon their daily routine/ journey to their work place etc.   Even after they return back in the evenings, the shoes are either kept out of the homes or in specific designated place in the house, followed by a bath or through washing of hands and feet with soap (as per weather conditions) and thereafter change of clothes for daily use at home, which too is regularly washed and dried in Sun and only after this he/she partakes any snacks/tea etc.   This would go a long way in arresting the spread of the virus, because of the practice that needs to be honed a bit more with masks etc.  In rural areas the gamcha is worn both during winters and summers, as a bandana and hence the mask bit is also covered naturally and only need is to be re-introduce it back into the culture of the younger generation.  Finally, the intake of Haldi and other condiments on a daily basis, as part of daily dietary habits in Indians, not only builds up immunity but also has the ability to fight disease causing bacteria/virus, through its active ingredient ‘curcumin’ all-round the year.  Thus, in my opinion, because of the above conditions prevailing in India, coupled with the present gradual rise in temperatures all across, the virus is not going to have the kind of impact that many thought and desired to happen in India. Last, but not the least, is a figurative condition laced with a little bit of humour, unlike Europe and America, India does not have a near perfect sanitized or sterile conditions and being used to eating all kinds of street food, prepared without much of hygienic sense and the pollution all around, Indians have a wee bit stronger immunity than the other nations around, the so called developed nations.

CONCLUSION

            

          Apart from the reasons listed under the heading - ‘Why China is being blamed for the fiasco’, the other actions of China, like the clandestine support of installing Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as Chief of WHO and coupled with his partisan role in covering up the spread of virus, points out towards a long drawn plan on part of China.  Further, the activities of Chinese companies in mopping up shares of industries world-wide during this period points out towards intents of gaining financial supremacy over the world economy, so that it can dictate terms later.  The Chinese Government, as all industries in China are directly or indirectly controlled by it, stands exposed by exporting sub-standard medical kits all across the world, so as to gain financially at the cost of lives of citizens of other countries.  The government in China has no morality, as it stands exposed from the fact that the Indian Government had provided medical aid to it at the time of ‘so called’ crisis and in return it has exported defective testing kits to India.  Seeing the world opinion tilting towards India, in an aggressive stance, China has again published a map wherein part of Arunachal Pradesh (an integral part of sovereign India) has been shown to be part of China, just in order to provoke a diplomatic row and divert the negative attention it is getting in India because of the mishandling of Corona crisis.  It is evident that the activities undertaken by the Chinese in aftermath of the Corona pandemic, indicates that probably this was in planning for a long time and there was nothing natural about its outbreak.  It was a deliberate move intended to cripple the world economy and gain financial control all across the globe, but did not foresee its move getting exposed so quickly.  Therefore, in my opinion, China has deliberately created this fiasco, with the intent to gain financial control over the world economy and every nation should now take action against it, like the one taken against Germany, after the Second World War, so as to cripple it economically.  

© S. Roy Biswas

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