The right for Chinese People to live as decent human being

The right for Chinese People to live as decent human being takes priority over personal liberty and profit advocated by US & Western Nations 中國人活著過上體面生活的權利優先於美國和西方國家所倡導的個人自由和利益

Professor Ling-chi Wang of UC Berkeley: Thanks for your thoughtful and powerful response to Cyrus’s article on the record of China’s battle with COVID-19 to date. I deeply admire Chinese people’s determination to fight the virus, at great costs personally and collectively, across China wherever and whenever it surfaces. In early 2020, President Xi Jinping, on the best advise provided him by Chinese scientists and public health experts, told the Chinese people that the fight was going to be a “People’s War” and People will ultimately prevail. Since then, the Chinese government has spared no expense In waging the war at home and in global south countries with unmatched generosity, To date, the Chinese people have won battle after battle from city to city, as demonstrated by the data you and Cyrus presented and reports from underdeveloped countries that accepted enormous China’s help. On the economic front, China appears to be the only country that had returned to semblance of normalcy fast and had suffered economically the least from the setback due to the zero-Covid policy. It even managed to provide the undersieged world with manufactured goods, especially the much-needed Personal Protection Equipment (PPE). On top of this, Beijing, against all odds and dire predictions, including hostile Western mainstream media and a failed boycott led by the U.S., managed ultimately in a successful hosting the most unusual, challenging 2002 Winter Olympics with no major outbreak with no help from Western countries.

But here we are, at the beginning of the third year of the global pandemic, the world is still under siege. Yet, most Western countries have essentially declared victory, lifted most restrictions, and decided to let their people live with the virus, as if it is no longer a public health threat to their people, including the most vulnerable, the elderly and the young children. China has refused to abandon her people and has chosen to protect the lives of all, especially the most vulnerable. The right to live as decent human being takes priority over personal liberty and profit. How ironic! For this, China has been the target of a concerted and relentless ridicule and mean-spirited campaign from the West. Worse, the campaign has become rather political and ideological. China’s approach, including its system of government, is now seen as a failure and worse, a disaster for the Chinese people. We obviously have decided that the million people who died in the last two years and more to come are expendable and undeserving of government protection and help.
I continue to believe that saving lives must be the top priority of every government, regardless of its system of government. That means costs to the country and suffering for its people. The Chinese government is not blind to what has been going on in China and around the world. Last month Dr. Zhong Nanshan and his collegue published an article in a science journal in the West. (I circulated the article last week). They outlined steps and measures to be taken to prepare China to reopen and return to normal living. It will take time and again active support of the people. Unlike most people in the U.S. who do not trust their own government, in fact, they are anti-government, Chinese people trust their government, as study after study has shown. They firmly believe that their government will do its utmost in providing and protecting them. I hope that day will come soon.

John V Walsh MD, Harvard University: Hi Ling-chi, You give a very sound and eloquent assessment.

You write, “China has refused to abandon her people and has chosen to protect the lives of all, especially the most vulnerable. The right to live as decent human being takes priority over personal liberty and profit. How ironic! For this, China has been the target of a concerted and relentless ridicule and mean-spirited campaign from the West. “

Exactly.

And that campaign makes my blood boil – worse, I see the US public eagerly swallowing the propaganda.

And too often those who know better self-censor. The same sort of thing that is now going on with Russia.

As the US drives ever harder in its attempt to take down China, things are going to get very ugly in the world – and here.

All for the sake of the desire of the US Ruling Class to be the world’s hegemon.

Disgusting – and tragic.