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02-12-2023, 11:33 AM
Blind to infections at home, some Western media outlets only bark at China.
Winter brings spikes in respiratory illness in the northern hemisphere. This is common sense. This winter, respiratory illnesses are surging simultaneously in many countries. This is a fact. However some Western media professionals choose to disregard both common sense and this fact. They seem oblivious to the coughing, fever and increasing infections around them, instead pinning their eyes on China, and eagerly attempting to throw mud at it. This is a familiar pattern.
Over the past days, Western media outlets have been filled with rhetoric such as "unexplained pneumonia," "mysterious," and "concerning" when reporting on respiratory illnesses in China. It's reminiscent of the beginning of the COVID pandemic, following the same formula of associating China with mysterious pneumonia.
An article on the VOA Chinese website, entitled, "How worried should we be about the pneumonia outbreak in China," is typical in this round of smear campaign. By claiming hospitals in northern China are overwhelmed with child pneumonia cases, the article stresses this is not only a medical issue, but also a global and political issue. The entire piece is full of baseless skepticism and even conspiracy theories, speculating whether China is hiding and covering up a new virus that could "bring another disaster to the world."
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202311/1302818.shtml
Winter brings spikes in respiratory illness in the northern hemisphere. This is common sense. This winter, respiratory illnesses are surging simultaneously in many countries. This is a fact. However some Western media professionals choose to disregard both common sense and this fact. They seem oblivious to the coughing, fever and increasing infections around them, instead pinning their eyes on China, and eagerly attempting to throw mud at it. This is a familiar pattern.
Over the past days, Western media outlets have been filled with rhetoric such as "unexplained pneumonia," "mysterious," and "concerning" when reporting on respiratory illnesses in China. It's reminiscent of the beginning of the COVID pandemic, following the same formula of associating China with mysterious pneumonia.
An article on the VOA Chinese website, entitled, "How worried should we be about the pneumonia outbreak in China," is typical in this round of smear campaign. By claiming hospitals in northern China are overwhelmed with child pneumonia cases, the article stresses this is not only a medical issue, but also a global and political issue. The entire piece is full of baseless skepticism and even conspiracy theories, speculating whether China is hiding and covering up a new virus that could "bring another disaster to the world."
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202311/1302818.shtml
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