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Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US

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Re: Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US

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Post by spectramax »

_bxg1 wrote: post #19
spectramax wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Jack Ma cannot be trusted. He swings high and low, doesn't know where the ball is. He once hit a Alibaba home run and thinks he is a hotshot. It's hard to trust Jack Ma with undertones of the CCP propaganda in this humanitarian aid. Elon and Jack Ma debates in Shanghai, just listen this guy talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3lUEnMaiAU Edit: I am not defending the United States. Just look at what our president sa…

That hardly seems like the point, does it?

I think so, if we are talking about Jack Ma, don't you think?

Re: Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US

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Post by celticninja »

_bxg1 wrote: post #8

Seems like a power move to me. Painting a picture for the world of struggling U.S. institutions needing a Chinese billionaire's help to weather a crisis. I'm not even sure it's incorrect.

The Chinese are people like you and me. Yes their government needs a lot of work, but people are people and we need to remember that more.

Re: Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US

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Post by brrrrr1 »

tmotwu wrote: post #23
_bxg1 wrote: post #8

Seems like a power move to me. Painting a picture for the world of struggling U.S. institutions needing a Chinese billionaire's help to weather a crisis. I'm not even sure it's incorrect.

Because thats what matters to you? Were europeans sending aid to China a power move? It’s acceptable to send aid to each other, no matter who you appear to represent.

what help specifically were europeans sending to china, other than racist blunders and loads of ignorance of their problem?

Re: Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US

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Post by guardiangod »

hawk_ wrote: post #25
_bxg1 wrote: post #8

Seems like a power move to me. Painting a picture for the world of struggling U.S. institutions needing a Chinese billionaire's help to weather a crisis. I'm not even sure it's incorrect.

It's concerted effort by Chinese establishment to whitewash their handling of the whole thing. They even want to pretend that the virus didn't even originate in China! https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/13/asia/china-coronavirus-us...

You should see what some of my Chinese relatives/friends are forwarding in WeChat-

1. CIA created the virus and released the virus in China as a test.

2. (In Chinese there's no word for 'flu', only 'cold', or 'transmissible cold'.) The 'cold' virus originated in US last year and killed more than 10k Americans before US sent special force to Wuhan to infect us Chinese! Even the head of CDC admitted it (see article).

3. A 5 member US special force went to Wuhan in November. They returned to US and all died in suspicious circumstances.

4. Now all the western countries are sending infected agents into China to blow the epidemic again.

You might notice a common theme that US is the enemy, and they are the originator of all bad things that happened to China. This is not a coincidence.

Re: Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US

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Post by grecy »

celticninja wrote: post #33
_bxg1 wrote: post #8

Seems like a power move to me. Painting a picture for the world of struggling U.S. institutions needing a Chinese billionaire's help to weather a crisis. I'm not even sure it's incorrect.

The Chinese are people like you and me. Yes their government needs a lot of work, but people are people and we need to remember that more.

I'm not American or Chinese, so I read your statement as:

The American are people like you and me. Yes their government needs a lot of work, but people are people and we need to remember that more

Re: Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US

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Post by taiwanboy »

_bxg1 wrote: post #8

Seems like a power move to me. Painting a picture for the world of struggling U.S. institutions needing a Chinese billionaire's help to weather a crisis. I'm not even sure it's incorrect.

US ability to make and distribute medicine and medical supplies is falling apart and it’s a direct result of consolidation of supply chain and factories that make it. 4 power buyers buys control over 90% of generic drug for US. And probably similar percent for medical equipments.

Good news is that now all eyes are on the medical supply chains, and introduction of the medical supply drug act bill, we should see some supply chain move back to US.

Especially since Chinese government has threatened to withhold drug supplies to US https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic... and has started a disinformation campaign suggesting US inserted coronavirus in Wuhan, brought up by the Chinese foreign ministry spokesman https://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-official-says-us-arm...

Re: Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US

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Post by netsharc »

meritt wrote: post #27
jerkstate wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A big point of the Presidents address today was around relaxing regulations to help the response. So hopefully this will get sorted out.

Let's not forget that retailers are making their parking lots available, Google has deployed 1,700 engineers to build a flowchart website, and the US is buying up oil reserves. I think this epidemic is pretty much solved, don't you?

I tried googling some keywords to see if Google would show me that site straight away, but didn't get anything in my 30 seconds of attempts.

Is it because I'm in Europe?

Got to love the oil reserves idea to help Saudi Arabia in its price war against Russia. Ah fuck, that's why he declared national emergency: so he can get 40 billion dollars to bail out the Saudis.

That lady was so proud of her 6 node flow chart too. She was beaming when she took it out...

Re: Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US

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Post by brrrrr1 »

the day the us needs aid from foreign countries has come. i pray for the many poor in that country that lack access to even basic healthcare. let us know where we can donate money to help american families in need, and pray the us wont invade another country to fight the virus.

Re: Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US

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Post by jacobwilliamroy »

fairenough42 wrote: post #9
jacobwilliamroy wrote: post #7

Wow. Chinese citizen sends humanitarian aid to the U.S. What a queer situation.

Or a new normal? We'll see in the coming days and weeks how functional the US is.

As a U.S. citizen, I hope someone throws a benefit concert for us. That would be delicious.
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