Defying America’s Conspiracy Theory against China: Separating Facts from Myths
By: Mr. Khalid Taimur Akram, Director,
Pakistan Research Center for a Community with Shared Future, Communication University of China (CUC), Beijing, China
China has been taking every possible measure to halt the spread of the Coronavirus and curb this 21st Century pandemic. China has prudently dealt with the severe health conditions posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Moreover, the country has been providing immense pharmaceutical and vaccine assistance to all developing and underdeveloped nations. While observing the contemporary international scenario, it has been clearly witnessed that China has emerged as the sole global leader to revamped its economy, wisely catered its population out of health hazards, and facilitated other countries to mitigate the devastating impacts of the menace. On the flip side, Washington is busy playing the blame game and giving extra leverage to false propaganda-fake news against China rather than making concrete efforts to address the global peril. Recently, U.S. President Joe Biden has ordered the intelligence agency C.I.A to investigate theorigin of the deadly virus, accusing that the Coronavirus was accidentally leaked from a lab, in addition to the prevailing theory that it an animal transmitted it to humans outside a lab. However, these false allegations have been rejected by international media and seasoned experts. This belligerent move is yet another manifestation of American anti-Chinese propaganda.The article highlights the facts and defy the perpetuated fringe conspiracy theory against China.
Unveiling the U.S Vicious Motives against Rising Superpower China:
False news and fake rumors circulating on international media are deluging and misleading people regarding the facts concerning the Covid-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined this harmful outbreak of misleading myths as “infodemic’’. An infodemic is an overabundance of information, both online and offline. It includes deliberate attempts to disseminate wrong information to undermine the public health response and advance alternative agendas of groups or individuals. Thereby, it is necessary that countries must promote healthy behaviors and mitigate the harm from disinformation or misinformation.
The West, especially the U.S., has remained a prominent rival to Chinese-led initiatives. The irresistible rise of China has been tried to curtailed by the U.S. through negative propaganda and media campaigns.In this aspect, U.S. has spread misleading information about the Covid-19 that the virus had been created accidentally or deliberately in a laboratory at the Wuhan Disease Control and Prevention Centre. This false proposition had been made against a government-run lab in Hubei Province of China, the “Wuhan Institute of Virology.” However, all these absurd claims were made merely based on speculation. The West international media outlets have fueled the false news, including the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post. The false news has been fueled by West international media outlets, including the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post. Many international public health researchers clearly stated that the Covid-19 had nothing had no natural origin in China.
As per the 2020 report compiled by Chinese researchers from several institutions-no epidemiological links were found between the first patient and later cases. Furthermore, 13 of the 41 cases had no link to the marketplace. Moreover, China fully supports the transparent investigation and facilitates such research processes. According to these research and facts, it is vital to understand that China has not started the Coronavirus, nor are Asians responsible for it. However, the West and U.S. government's false statements and anti-Chinese propaganda cannot harm Chinese popularity and Chinese-led exceptional initiative. The U.S. is politicalizing the issue for its own gains. Such myths and claims do not possess any credibility and always misguide people and create chaos. All the allegations amid the Coronavirus origin are meaningless and mere politicizing campaigns against the rising Chinese economy.
The west negative rhetoric and false propaganda have been unveiled before the world. Trade war, banning Chinese cotton, the G-7 rivalry against the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI), and the novel Covid-19 blame games are the clear outcomes of the West’s and U.S.A frustration to curtail Chinese rising influence and popularity. The west wants to maintain its hegemony over the world. Thereby, indulged in vicious campaigns because they fear Chinese rising economy. The latest G-7 led Build Back Better World (B3W) has been introduced as a rival to China’s BRI. However,a mere analysis of its feasibility for delivering such a financial miracle to match the pace of China’s BRI looks like a far cry from reality. The agenda is likely to face many impediments and consensus-building issues. The targets of the G-7 plan fall short by a fair margin by excluding China and encapsulating belligerent narratives like ‘rivalry and competition’. The west proposed project can never compete exceptional China Belt & Road initiative. The U.S. is trying to pursue its vile vested interests via coercive diplomatic actions and hostile rhetoric. One should not forget the history of the West as it had colonized Asian-African countries and plundered resources. The marks of their tyrannies and inhuman activities are visible to present times.
Western countries are open to using tricks of sanctions and political manipulation at a frantic pace against China. The Xinjiang cotton ban in the wake of human rights violation has been done by the U.S. particularly to create an anti-China sentiment globally using the Xinjiang Muslims. The west fabricates the stories and continuously has been indulged in defaming China’s image globally. Nevertheless, the greater alliance among the world’s countries is significant for the expeditious socio-economic growth of all regions. Under the ambit of the BRI, many states have adopted effective and prudent strategies to modernize and diversify their economies. The result-orientated policies by the visionary Chinese leadership ultimately prove to be a driving force for the amicable resolution of common global menaces and persistent challenges. Moreover, the Belt and Road initiative has perfectly proved its strengths in the last decade through its actual economic dividends. Therefore, it is needless to say that any other project (sponsored by the U.S. or West) may take a lot of time, resources, vigilant deliberations and management before it matches the pace and success story of the BRI miracle.
President Xi Jinping’s Successful Model of Crisis Management and Conflict Resolution:
Under the dynamic and visionary leadership of President Xi Jinping, China has been successfully adding to human survival despite baseless conspiracy theories. President Xi has been considered as a top global leader. His practical measures and policies to prevent and defuse major risks associated with the pandemic are worth praising. He has been holding a holistic approach for crisis management since the beginning of the novel Coronavirus. The west has not been disseminating the actual picture and facts related to the startling Chinese strategies/initiatives to curtail the virus. From the beginning, the Chinese leadership adopted the strategy of Contain, Control, and Cure. Thus, China has emerged as the first country in the world to revamped its socio-economic structure in the pandemic time. Moreover, China has shown the highest capability of a great public health model to secure its population. The Chinese government has efficiently used vaccine diplomacy to ensure that all governments can secure their people and economies from the adverse implications of this lethal virus. Within a few months after the pandemic, the public-private partnerships working under the Chinese government’s guidelines started to test, produce and supply many vaccines. This shows China’s sincere efforts to assist nations across the world. Furthermore, the Chinese government is willing to enhance global paramedical cooperation to combat the pandemic. Comprehending the facts further, it has been clear that China is not responsible for “creating” or “spreading” the deadly Coronavirus rather it was merely the American anti-Chinese campaign. The West and U.S need to stop projecting hostile rhetoric and propaganda against China and revisit their narrative to facilitate and integrate nations worldwide in tacking the virus.
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