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April 6, 2020

China forces Italy to buy same coronavirus supplies it had donated to Beijing a few weeks ago

China's efforts to rebrand itself as a global leader focused on humanitarian relief has hit a major snag and perhaps revealed Beijing's true intentions behind their public relations blitz. After telling the world that it would donate masks, face guards and testing equipment to Italy, China quietly backtracked and sold Italy desperately-needed medical equipment. What's worse is that the personal protective equipment (PPE) China forced Italy to buy were actually the same PPE Italy donated to China before coronavirus rushed its own shores and killed nearly 16,000 people. 

April 6, 2020

Trump administration weighs legal action over alleged Chinese hoarding of PPE

Leading US manufacturers of medical safety gear told the White House that China prohibited them from exporting their products from the country as the coronavirus pandemic mounted — even as Beijing was trying to “corner the world market” in personal protective equipment, The Post has learned.

April 6, 2020

Asymptomatic coronavirus cases appear to be on the rise in China, report says

Just as China is about to lift travel restrictions in Wuhan—the city considered to be the country’s one-time epicenter of the coronavirus—Beijing has reported an increase in asymptomatic cases there, which raises new concerns about a second wave of infections.

April 5, 2020

Rep. Chris Smith: China's deception on coronavirus – here's how to hold their leadership accountable

A recent intelligence community report confirms that disinformation began as early as November, when China misreported the seriousness of the disease.

April 5, 2020

Some 430,000 people flew from China to US after coronavirus first detected: report

About 430,000 people have flown on direct flights from China to the United States since Chinese officials first disclosed the outbreak of what is now the novel coronavirus to world health officials on New Year’s Eve, according to a new report published Saturday.

April 4, 2020

Oregon sending ventilators to New York to help prevent coronavirus' spread across US, Cuomo says

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo revealed Saturday that Oregon is donating 140 ventilators to his state, hailing the move as a “kind gesture” that will help combat the spread of coronavirus across America. 

April 4, 2020

China joins UN Human Rights Council panel despite troubling record, response to coronavirus

China has been appointed to a panel on the controversial U.N. Human Rights Council, where it will help vet candidates for important posts -- despite its decades-long record of systematic human rights abuse that the U.S. has said fueled the coronavirus pandemic.

April 4, 2020

China honors coronavirus victims with 3 minutes of reflection, 'wail of grief'

China held a rare, three-minute nationwide moment of reflection Saturday to remember coronavirus victims, with cars, trains and ships blaring their horns in what state media described as a coordinated “wail of grief.”  

April 4, 2020

Bill Maher, 'World War Z' author agree China would 'shut down' coronavirus rumors

"Real Time" host Bill Maher raised questions about the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, pointing to the "rumors" that the virus could have been developed in a Chinese laboratory. 

April 3, 2020

MSNBC anchor confronts Rubio on comment about journalists finding 'glee' in spiking US coronavirus cases

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., defended himself on Friday as MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle asked him "why on earth" he would tweet that journalists found "glee" in U.S. coronavirus cases outnumbering China's.