A Made-in-China Pandemic(project-syndicate.org)
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A Made-in-China Pandemic
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/china-exploit-control-of-pharmaceutical-exports-by-brahma-chellaney-2020-03
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Unfortunately we live in an era of countries trying to weaponize their supply chains (e.g. China [1], Japan [2]).
1. https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2019/07/08/how-china... 2. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/23/japan-south-korea-dispute-im...
1. https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2019/07/08/how-china... 2. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/23/japan-south-korea-dispute-im...
I cannot fault China at all for diverting medication and supplies they would normally export for their own use - all countries act in their self-interest. The tone of this article suggests China was wrong to do this.
The theory that this virus was engineered and escaped from the Wuhan lab has moved from tinfoil hat territory to possible, but until proven otherwise scientists seem to agree this was a natural virus that transferred to us.
The main warning of the article, that China has too much supplier power in the supply chain, is a good warning. Countries should be able to scale up their industries in a time of crisis, and much of the Western world is not prepared to do that anymore.