Skip to content

World against the CCP: China Became the Target at the World Health Assembly

An article from Radio Free Asia stated that Beijing was isolated at the World Health Assembly (WHA) that was held on May 18 and 19, 2020. It mentioned several points:

1. A proposal, initiated by Australia, drafted by the European Union, and signed by 122 countries including Russia, Japan, and Nigeria requested an “independent investigation” into the origin and spread of the novel coronavirus. All 194 member countries, including China, voted yes and passed the resolution. The article commented that the reason the Beijing supported the resolution was that it changed its strategy after failing in a direct confrontation against the world. It will now join the investigation team, with the hope to alienate and instigate member countries and to muddle the investigation by changing the investigation site, the objectives, and the methods, to get itself out of having any accountability.

2. Xi Jinping promised to donate 2 billion dollars to the World Health Organization (WHO) in the next two years. John Ullyot, the Spokesperson for the White House National Security Council, said in a statement that China’s commitment “is a token to distract from calls from a growing number of nations demanding accountability for the Chinese government’s failure to meet its obligations.”

3. The article also stated that, despite the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) global propaganda campaign, it has ended up being in a worsened situation of isolation. It mentioned a few things that the CCP didn’t anticipate:

  • The entire world, including countries that used to have a good relationship with Beijing, aligned with the U.S. (against the CCP) as one side.
  • Russia joined the alliance despite China’s offer of substantial financial support to Russia when it was boycotted by the U.S. and Europe.
  • African countries, who used to be the CCP’s good friends, jumped uniformly to the opposite side, with Nigeria being the leader and demanding 200 billion dollars in compensation. The African League also asked for compensation.
  • WHO Director-General Tedros had a dramatic change. He supported the “investigation” request and even proactively requested a review of whether to invite Taiwan to attend the assembly.

Related postings on Chinascope:

Excerpt in Chinese:

世界卫生组织（WHO）的194个成员国，包括美国和中国在内，于周二（5月19日）的世界卫生大会上无异议通过一项决议，要求对全球在新冠病毒大流行病疫情上的反应进行“独立评估”，同时也包括调查世卫本身在这场疫情中的作用。

澳大利亚的牵头，欧盟草拟、俄罗斯、日本、尼日利亚等122个国家签署要求启动对新冠病毒来源及蔓延的“独立调查”。

这一决议案获得与会194个成员国的一致同意。决议案由欧盟提出，要求世卫的调查应独立和完整，包含每一个时间段的评估，且应尽快公正展开，以期提高应对大流行病的全球预防能力。

现在北京紧急改换策略，不能正面反对，不敢与提案国对立，那就乾脆顺势入伙，成为它早先说的“反北京的政治操作”大潮中的一员，然后在其中离间、挑唆、转移调查的区域、目标及方式，混战一场，以便金蝉脱壳。

 

中国国家主席习近平周一在大会上再次重复说，中共对疫情采取“公开、透明”的行动，同时罕见改变立场说支持调查病毒起源、并承诺未来2年对世卫认捐20亿美元。

白宫国家安全委员会发言人约翰·尤利奥特（John Ullyot）周一在一份声明中回应说，中方承诺注资20亿美元“是一个象征（令牌，token），旨在转移注意力，越来越多的国家呼吁——要求中国政府对其未履行义务承担责任”，因为中共没有“说实话并警告世界即将发生的疫情”。

 

中共绞尽脑汁，竭力加强全球大外宣以及在背后游说运作，但是谁知却反而恶化了其孤立的处境。世态炎凉，各国百态；北京五味杂陈，未曾料到：

  1. 世界各国一边倒的站在了美国一边，包括以前关系不错的国家。这是令官方和吃瓜群众都意想不到的事情。
  2. 俄罗斯竟然早早就加入到这个阵营中来，这是令中国高层感到吃惊的事情。毕竟中国在俄罗斯遭到美欧经济制裁濒临崩溃时，是中国拉他们一把，签订了106美元一桶的大单，并提前付款，可以说这笔大单占了俄罗斯当年整个GDP相当重的比例份额。
  3. 中国周边国家一律站到了中国的对立面上去。日本、韩国、印度、土耳其、马来西亚、乌克兰、白俄罗斯、新西兰、澳大利亚等，这是很多人没有想到的事情。
  4. 美国居然没有站出来挑大梁，而是退居幕後。相反加拿大的总理特鲁多却强硬批评中国：“我认为，很明显，围绕新冠疫情的起源和早期行为，各国有很多问题，尤其是中国”。（他派来中国拉医疗货物的大飞机白跑一趟，空载而归让他颇多恼火。）
  5. 没想到非洲的穷哥们本来都是中国的好朋友，不想这次却是集体反水。尼日利亚成了带头大哥，第一个向中国递交追责索赔的国家就是尼日利亚， 而且是狮子大开口，一下就要索赔2000亿美元。非盟也是加入索赔队伍里的急先锋，真是令人头疼，看来用金钱买来的友谊靠不住。
  6. 更没想到的是世卫组织总干事谭德赛同志竟然急速转弯，也站在了那些要求调查病毒源头的一边。更让人想不到的是，他现在竟然主动地要求研究台湾出席世卫大会事宜。譚書記成為强国心口永远的痛！
  7. 欧盟向世卫组织提案，对病源展开独立调查。这也是继澳大利亚之后又一国家联盟发出的独立调查请求，拥有27个国家的欧盟在世界上話語權僅次於美國，難於置若罔聞。整个非洲联盟及其成员国也不甘落後，早已加入。

Source: Radio Free Asia, May 20, 2020
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/zhuanlan/zhongguotoushi/panel-05202020135729.html

Hot Topics | | |   Social Stability