The issue isn't "test kits". Its labs to run the tests. It seems like the CDC and state governments are addressing that. Not really sure what this is trying to solve.
Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US
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#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Show me a national government that doesn't need a lot of work.
Norway's runs pretty well, powered by excellent stewardship of their sovereign wealth fund. Everyone needs work yeah, but a lot of work, I don't know.
Re: Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US
#53The guy is either a complete idiot [1] or pretends to be one. I wouldn't over-analyze his actions too much. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHGd6LqAVzw
Yes, he's a native Chinese speaker whose English is clumsy and ineloquent.
Guess how native English speakers sound when they're trying to speak Chinese?
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#54Seems 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.
Found the Chinese bot.
Re: Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US
#55Seems 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...
For context, there's a growing number of Chinese diplomats from younger generation who want China to reciprocate the rhetoric of the current US administration. Expect a lot more ridiculous clap backs like this, especially on Twitter where Chinese diplomats have been cultivating a following since HK. This is probably a direct response to folks in US administration using Wuhan/Chinese Virus. Chinese international messaging has been predicable and fairly mellow, western MSM likes to blow it out of proportion, but looks like they're about to fully embrace post-truth twitter drama.
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#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Sure, but there's no way one of their billionaires would be allowed to take an action like this without discussing it with the CCP first. For all we know it was their idea. I'm not saying it's evil or that we shouldn't accept it, I'm just observing the optics and the fact that there's no way the CCP didn't consider it from this perspective beforehand, regardless of any other motives.
That's definitely the case.
Powerful people have their sphere. They cannot just doing things without staying in their community.
But that's not a novel conclusion, humans are social animals...
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
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
Incredibly well said
Re: Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US
#58One of the reasons the US developed its own test was that the test that China was using had a 48% false negative rate. These are probably the same tests.
Yeah. The one CDC developed was faulty as well. That's why China is doing multiple tests on patients. As well as doing CT scans widely.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-13/china-cor...
US is just wasting time, period.
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
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...
Why is this downvoted? There is a source and the point is valid. This is a fact of what's going on in China. To the downvoters - explain.
Don't pretend you don't know the answer.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
what help specifically were europeans sending to china, other than racist blunders and loads of ignorance of their problem?
China appear to be making special efforts to send whatever they can to Italy, in recognition of Italy going above and beyond in the aftermath of the 2008 Sichuan 'quake. For all that's going wrong lately, it's not a bad thing to see, I think.
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