By Jim Geraghty
May 18, 2020
On the menu today: Many countries head into the World Health Assembly
wanting the World Health Organization to investigate the origins of
SARS-CoV-2; China makes a power grab in Hong Kong; a strange report
about the World Military Games held in October of last year in Wuhan;
and outbreaks in northern China that are inconvenient for Beijing’s
preferred narrative.
If You’re Not Watching China Right Now, You Can’t Understand the World
I suspect that this morning, many other news sources will helpfully
inform you that the president of the United States said or tweeted
something outrageously controversial, that some Americans in a red state
are not following social-distancing recommendations, and that House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants a “bipartisan” compromise after the House passed a $3 trillion wish-list stimulus bill on a near-party-line vote.
Right now on MSNBC, the
top story is that the State Department inspector general was
investigating whether Secretary of State Mike Pompeo required a
department employee to walk his dog. Congress is almost certain to investigate........
There is good reason to believe that the Chinese government sees the
global pandemic as an opportunity. With almost every government of every
country in the world attempting to get a handle on the outbreak, China
is free to make moves that otherwise would bring international rebukes. In Hong Kong, pro-Chinese lawmakers are having their rivals dragged out of the chamber:
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