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| Coronavirus: China Continues to Flood the World with Defective Medical Supplies |
| 2020-04-26 |
| [GatetoneInstitute] More than a dozen countries on four continents have recently disclosed problems with Chinese-made coronavirus tests and personal protective equipment. The problems range from test kits tainted with the coronavirus to medical garments contaminated with insects. Chinese authorities have refused to take responsibility for the defective equipment and in many instances have cast blame on the countries that purchased the material. They have also called on nations of the world to stop "politicizing" the problem. Slovakian Prime Minister Igor Matovič disclosed that more than a million coronavirus tests supplied by China for a cash payment of €15 million ($16 million) were inaccurate and unable to detect Covid-19. "We have a ton of tests and no use for them," he said. "They should just be thrown straight into the Danube." U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler from Georgia accused China of holding up shipments of test kits: "Testing is core to opening our country back up. I'm concerned that China's holding up test kits. They're playing games with trade policy to prevent us, the United States, from getting the testing that we need." "[W]e should not lose sight of the foundational strategic challenge confronting the West in the emerging post-globalization era: We are in a long twilight competition with the Chinese communist regime, a struggle we cannot escape, whether we like it or not." ‐ Andrew Michta, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies. |
| Posted by:Clem |
| #19 ...then we become hysterical, panic and destroy ourselves |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-04-26 11:35 |
| #18 #17 Most computers/handhelds are. Used to worry about it quite a bit. Not because I believe they can conquer the World - they don't have what it takes. But because their history if full of periods when they pull in and pretend the rest of the World doesn't exists. And then what happens to us? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-26 11:20 |
| #17 g(r)om - just checked the mobo, and it's indeed made in China. |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-04-26 09:36 |
| #16 Gigabyte Boards are made in either Taiwan or Singapore. I've used them for several builds and they're a really good product. They use 'solid capacitors', so you don't get the electrolytic cap failures like the other manufacturers' products (although many of those folks have upgraded to the solid-type in the last couple of years). |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2020-04-26 09:24 |
| #15 as described by Derbyshire Wasn't that the Walmart model? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-04-26 08:38 |
| #14 #12 for #10. #11 I'm pretty sure ASUS motherboards & AMD chips are of Taiwanese origin. Not transshipped with relabeling? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-26 07:53 |
| #13 I need to find a Sawzall chuck - bet that's made by the chinks too... |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-04-26 07:50 |
| #12 ^😎 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-26 07:45 |
| #11 I'm pretty sure ASUS motherboards & AMD chips are of Taiwanese origin. I have a flip phone (i.e., expensive watch), and I guess I'm SOL on the Amiodarone. I'll take that, I suppose - like I have a choice on that third one... |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-04-26 07:45 |
| #10 The latest joke a heard: - Will the virus last long? - Don't worry, it's made in China! |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2020-04-26 07:43 |
| #9 Sorry to be a spoil-sport, Raj, but the computer, on which you wrote this resolution, was made in China. So is your smart phone. And look at the small script on your heart meds. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-26 07:39 |
| #8 This is just them ripping off distant foreigners they will never meet. It's tough to rip off someone who will never buy shit made by the Chicom Chinks; I'm one of them now, have been for about a few months. This practice will pick up steam real soon. |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-04-26 06:36 |
| #7 I'll go with Spike on this one. The Chinese commercial practice, as described by Derbyshire (200x - I can't find the article) is. (a) Capture the market by selling superior product below costs. (b) Once you driven the competitors out, recoup your looses by cutting quality (costs). |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-26 03:08 |
| #6 Cheating is in the Chinese DNA. Outsiders - and that means anyone not in the extended family - may be freely cheated. In fact you're selling yourself short if you play honestly. There's not enough to go around in China and too many people. Cheating is the norm. This is just them ripping off distant foreigners they will never meet. Do they really even exist? If so, who cares? Your wife is pestering you to buy a house for her family to live in for free. Dare you oppose her? |
| Posted by: Spike Grineng8188 2020-04-26 01:47 |
| #5 Honestly, I don't know if the Chinese are even capable of supply effective medical supplies. How much of what they supplied was always sub-standard, and just foisted off on the third-world? |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2020-04-26 01:24 |
| #4 $DGX? |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-04-26 01:06 |
| #3 U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler from Georgia accused China of holding up shipments of test kits: "Testing is core to opening our country back up. I'm concerned that China's holding up test kits. They're playing games with trade policy to prevent us, the United States, from getting the testing that we need." Is there a coded Loeffler stock tip in this ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-04-26 00:42 |
| #2 One defective shipment: accident Dozens of them: strategic plan |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-04-26 00:39 |
| #1 Isn't this almost out of Al-Qaeda's playbook? It's like planting the second device to go off some time after the first one. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-04-26 00:19 |