There has been a burning rag between China and Canada in recent days, over a diplomatic incident caused by a « racist » T-shirt, promoted by a Canadian diplomat, which has caused great offence in China. The powerful Asian country, very concerned about its image, remains intransigent towards any attempt, proven or not, to associate it negatively with the origins of the Coronavirus.
The rapid association between the bat, supposedly a reservoir of the virus, and the Chinese city, has caused a wave of indignation on Chinese social networks, on the part of citizens and even government officials.
The Chinese media accused Hensler of having deliberately concealed his « bad intentions » since the month of May when he placed the order, and of wanting to suggest that the coronavirus came from a Wuhan bat, in what would be a Western-led smear campaign against China on the question of the origins of the virus (it should be noted that a WHO team laboriously began an investigation into the origins of the virus in Wuhan at the beginning of this year, after multifaceted reticence from Beijing).
Tensions are also present, against the backdrop of an East-West tug-of-war, on the ground of major Chinese technology companies, with the arrest and detention by Canada of Meng Wanzhou, a senior executive of Huawei (and daughter of the founder, Ren Zhengfei), in a case in which she faces up to 30 years in prison.
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