I believe the person interviewed is Bruce Aylward. Of course, everyone knows China is a communist regime led by autocrats who have no problem using heavy-handed, draconian, and even bloody measures against their own people. By contrast, Taiwan is a free and democratic nation like South Korea and like Hong Kong should be.
Wait is this real? @WHO or I mean WHAT is going on? Is a rep from the World Health Organization really pretending to not hear a question about Taiwan’s status, then ending the call, then sidestepping the question when called back - and then ending the call abruptly? https://t.co/MkgVS2hKsk
— Ramy Inocencio 英若明 (@RamyInocencio) March 28, 2020
Also, the role of conservative media in this story:
That interview with Dr. Alyward of WHO is a breathtaking show of just how much our global institutions are captured and compromised.
— Melissa Chen (@MsMelChen) March 28, 2020
I want to highlight why the conservative media ecosystem is important, even if you don't agree with their politics. pic.twitter.com/eJitJ2GEhS
Hours after the interview went viral on Twitter, the only media reporting on it was @Fox, @DailyCaller, @TheBlaze, etc.
— Melissa Chen (@MsMelChen) March 28, 2020
The mentions of Dr. Alyward by NYT, & WaPo were weeks ago.
In a world without the former, this could've slipped off the radar as quickly as it appeared.
As a result of this media coverage, WHO quietly scrubbed Dr. Alyward's name from their official website (luckily there are archives).
— Melissa Chen (@MsMelChen) March 28, 2020
Liberals need to see the vital role even explicitly right-wing media plays. It could not be clearer.
The WHO has been thoroughly exposed.
Is China a communist society? Under communism, the workers seize and control the means of production. In China, control is exercised by a small, wealthy elite. Surely it's what it *is* that matters, not what the label on the tin (in this case, the label of the party) that matters. China is an oligarchy.
ReplyDeleteGood points, though perhaps we don't have to choose? Perhaps we can say something like China is a nominally communist society that is ruled by an oligarchy that is willing to throw out its communist ideals if these ideals interfere with their self-interests but is willing to use these communist ideals if it advances their self-interests.
DeleteAs per Animal Farm, looking at most of the examples in history that I can think of, Communism seems to be at best a transitional phase into Oligarchy.
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