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Summit News: China Says That If It Has To Pay For Coronavirus, US Has To Pay For AIDS, 1918 Spanish Flu
“The US is the one to be held accountable and it should compensate the international society, for the Spanish Flu, AIDS and other epidemics.”
In its latest tirade against America, Chinese state media argued Thursday that if lawsuits are filed against the communist state by the US, then international lawsuits should be filed against America for the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the late 1980s and early 1990s, as well as the Spanish Flu, which happened in 1918.
One of the most notorious propaganda mouth pieces in China, The Global Times published a piece demanding China is “never the one to be blamed” for the coronavirus spread, and that the “arrogance of some American politicians” should take precedence.
“Under the logic of some American politicians, the US is the one to be held accountable and it should compensate the international society, for the Spanish Flu, AIDS and other epidemics,” the piece proclaimed.
It also pointed to America’s culpability for “the 2008 international financial crisis which led to the collapse of countless enterprises and individuals.”
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WNU Editor: The Chinese government knows that the lawyers and their lawsuits are coming. And while Beijing is focused on the U.S., I can easily see lawsuits coming from multiple countries. And the assets are there to be seized.
