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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 o_p »

spectramax wrote: post #82
o_p wrote: post #68

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Yeah China bad USA good. If anything China has done much more to contain the virus.

Truth. They're using drones to following people and ask them to go back into their homes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPw6xjwAlHc With complete lack of freedom and privacy, you can achieve a lot. They're doing better than any western country would: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-china-slowed-coronavirus-lo...

The right of free transit have been denied in every country with enough infections, why would you particularly demonize China for it? You are in quarantine, you cannot leave, period.

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

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Post by wonnage »

zrobotics wrote: post #76
tmotwu wrote: post #23

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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.

The EU sending aid is definitely a political flex. It is still a good gesture, but sending aid is a sign that a country is in a 'superior' position. Jack Ma doing this is also a political move. I'm sure that part of the motivation is just to help, but it seems clear to me that this is also intended to show that China is in a position to help the US, and the optics of that are that the countries are on equal footing.…

America has the yugest complex around; with Biden as the frontrunner we now have two old men running for the president, both trying to Make America Great Again, only slightly disagreeing on the methods and period of time we have to go back to recover our greatest Great-ness.

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

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Post by knzhou »

guardiangod wrote: post #80
knzhou wrote: post #48

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Sigh. Each dumb conspiracy theory in Chinese social media has an equal and opposite dumb conspiracy theory in American social media.

Look I know this is dumb and all. Other Chinese relatives/friends (usually oversea) are trying to combat all these fake news. But 2 things- 1. WeChat is heavily patrolled and monitored by the PRC censors. If the PRC doesn't want these rumors to circulate, these rumors would not last more than a hour (or seconds. It's very enlightening to see the sensitive terms get filtered in real time.) In fact, in the last week or…

> If the PRC doesn't want these rumors to circulate, these rumors would not last more than a hour

Reddit tries to stop conspiracy theories with quarantines and bans. But they're rapidly spreading anyway.

> 2. I don't see US' Secretary of State accusing China of intentionally creating the virus.

It really is symmetric: Tom Cotton, Senator from Arkansas, has been on Fox saying exactly this.

Fox also has other people on saying it was a joint North Korean and Chinese bioweapon, made solely to attack America, but released initially in China as a decoy. Fox is the most watched cable news channel in America.

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

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Post by incompatible »

jacobwilliamroy wrote: post #7

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

Seems strange that anybody would feel the need, given how the US is one of the richest countries, trumpets it's own abilities endlessly, and has an official policy of "America first".

I.e., it's surely capable of making its own virus test kits and face masks, if it could be bothered.

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

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Post by toxican »

jacobwilliamroy wrote: post #40
fairenough42 wrote: post #9

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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.

U.S.Aid

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

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Post by indemnity »

spectramax wrote: post #72
knzhou wrote: post #48

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Sigh. Each dumb conspiracy theory in Chinese social media has an equal and opposite dumb conspiracy theory in American social media.

Why does every criticism of China have to have a corollary accompanying US criticism? Can we not just talk about one issue at a time instead of muddling up the waters?

Classic Chinese / Soviet tactic. Every action can be justified because someone else did something bad at some point in time.

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

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Post by pedroma »

_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.

China has rejected aid before from certain entities/countries. They obviously view foreign aid as a power move.

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

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Post by knzhou »

indemnity wrote: post #98
spectramax wrote: post #72

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Why does every criticism of China have to have a corollary accompanying US criticism? Can we not just talk about one issue at a time instead of muddling up the waters?

Classic Chinese / Soviet tactic. Every action can be justified because someone else did something bad at some point in time.

Sorry if you're that nostalgic, but the cold war ended decades ago.
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