After majoring in Philosophy, and learning about Oriental and Western Political Thought in college, I always believed that it was wise for a political leader, and head of a state or government to hire a philosopher in his circle of power as one of his or her trusted political advisers, in order to grasp the first causes and highest principles of all things, that only an astute, morally grounded, and experienced philosopher can give through correct thinking, common sense, and intellectual humility, before making a decision.
In the case of China, there is no doubt that Pres. Trump (who was no dummy in dealing with USA's number one competitor as the world's superpower, both economically in the trade war, and militarily in South China Sea,) was outsmarted by the CCP or Chinese Communist Party, by ruining the glowing US economy, and the way of life of its citizens, not to mention the 65,000+ American lives lost, while putting a dent on his easy reelection bid this year, through the Wuhan coronavirus, which leaked from a lab in China, spread to the US and the whole world by Chinese tourists or world travelers from China, and devolved globally into a pandemic, and an economic, social, and religious disaster.
Was it an accident, or premeditated? First of all, we know for a fact that the virus was not concocted in the lab, or intended as a biological weapon because its DNA was intact; so that US investigators initially thought that it came from a bat in the Wuhan wet market.
Secondly, Chinese scientists and doctors knew that infection from this virus caused a Sars-like disease since November, and tried to relay this knowledge to authorities, and online to fellow professionals internationally, but were suppressed by their superiors.
Thirdly, the Chinese authorities did not let their people from Wuhan where the coronavirus started and people got infected, to travel within China because they knew that the virus could spread from human to human, but allowed them to travel abroad by denying that it was so; which was seconded by the WHO or World Health Organization, and calling the virus officially as COVID-19, to erase any attachment to Wuhan or China, or label a person racist if they persisted in doing so, because the president of WHO was also under the influence of China.
Next, the human to human transmission was first reported in Thailand around mid-January; Wuhan was put on lockdown; and Pres. Jinping acknowledge the presence of the virus while vowing to help and show the world that they were the greatest in combating it, compared to the US under Pres. Trump, who was fumbling and caught unprepared, just like everyone else, in the midst of his impeachment hoax by Democrats, but was eventually exonerated.
Anyway, we already know that CCP lied by revising their statistics on how many of their people got infected, cured, or died from the coronavirus, and also denying that they spread the virus worldwide, especially in the US, in order to hurt Pres. Trump, who was a thorn on their side for world supremacy, by telling the world that the US military athletes brought it to Wuhan during the Games, and also because they prefer Biden, who is pro-China, to be the next US president.
However, the question still remains, whether the leaking of the Wuhan coronavirus from the lab was an accident, and when did the CCP found out, or was it premeditated?
Economically or GDP-wise, China, because of its size and almost 1.5 billion population, will surpass USA in 10 years, or 2030, whether America likes it or not. Which means, China will be ready according to its timetable at that point, to dominate the world as the number one superpower, after reigning in and ruling Hong Kong through its authoritarian rule, annexing the whole South China Sea and getting permission from other countries to pass through its trillion dollar maritime trade route, invading Taiwan, and the Philippines, while exerting enormous economic sphere of influence over Asia and the ASEAN countries, Africa, and Europe because of its 5G, AI & Space technology, the Road & Belt Trade Routes & Economic Initiative, and Pre-existing loans, and trade deficits, including those in the US and Australia.
But because of the US economic & military comeback under Pres. Trump, the CCP's timetable had been delayed for 4 years; and the prospect of 4 more years of Trump's presidency had become an anathema to their ambition and resolve.
Besides, it is in China's psyche to restore its ancient splendor and prestige when everything revolved around it, including the gods, the whole world, its philosophy, and people, after having been humiliated countless times, and losing some of its territory, not just from the West, but also from Imperial Japan during World War II.
Unfortunately, the US rested on its laurels after defeating USSR during the Cold War under Pres. Reagan 40 years ago, with the subsequent collapse of the Berlin Wall, while the former Soviet Union lost its Warsaw Pact satellites to the NATO and EU, and Russia was reduced to its oligarchs and humble beginnings.
Not anymore, because today Russia has plenty of oil revenues, and is more powerful under Pres. Putin, who annexed Crimea, and prevented Ukraine from joining the EU & NATO, and wanted to keep the country from its sphere of influence, by attacking Ukraine in a protracted war along its border. Russia is also a threat to American way of life and value system because of its authoritarian regime. But, Russia is miniscule compared to China in terms of size, population, and economic might. Besides, the CCP is more cunning, unscrupulous, atheistic, and wise, not just in stealing US intellectual properties, but in convincing the US and the West to give up their manufacturing jobs, and let China produce its goods cheaply, efficiently, and economically, including its pharmaceuticals, by giving them the formulas to come up with inexpensive generic drugs and medical supplies, and assuring them that they will eventually embrace capitalism, freedom, and democracy wholeheartedly, and give up their authoritarian form of government, and its triune god of wealth, power, and intimidation.
Of course as an Asian immigrant, I learned from my Dad, and past experiences since I was in elementary school until I migrated to the US that that was not true, because I knew about CCP's history, philosophy, and its ruthlessness, ever since. It's not that the majority of Americans were naive or stupid that they bought Chinese lies, hook, line, and sinker, including the past administrations from Presidents Bush, Sr. & Jr., Clinton, and Obama, who were motivated by Wall Street, who in turn were full of greed, and only saw dollar signs in dealing with China, at the expense of the United States, and embraced Communist China, by giving it the benefit of the doubt, and ignored its human rights abuses in Tianemen Square, and accepted its rhetoric, since I came here in 1981, when America was full of promise, success, freedom, and Christian values during the Reagan years.
Thank God for Pres. Trump! But sadly, China was forced to re-calibrate their timetable by releasing this Wuhan coronavirus in the US, and on the whole world.
But where is our moral compass, the Vatican, the Vicar of Christ, or Pope Francis during this pandemic?
(TO BE CONTINUED...)
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