Wednesday, May 1, 2013

May Day: Globe Sticks It to China

Did it with their pen so they could get a needle into you -- or at lea$t ring up some profits for the pharmaceutical industry.

"China must do more to stop its latest bird flu" May 01, 2013

China’s annual “Golden Week” holiday, which started Monday, is a time for millions of Chinese to vacation in neighboring countries, boosting commercial activity and person-to-person contact. But with the rise in China of a new bird flu called H7N9, which has killed 23 people and infected over 120 more, and with one case now confirmed outside the Chinese mainland, Asian countries are also bracing for the potential outbreak of a highly lethal virus.

Time to get rid of the useless eaters because the banking system is collapsing?

Global health depends on China being as forthcoming with information as possible, so that other nations can take appropriate precautions.

That's rich coming from the AmeriKan newspaper.

Since the SARS outbreak a decade ago, China has learned that there is little benefit to keeping a virus hidden from international health officials and the public. By all accounts, including that of the World Health Organization, the Chinese government and state media have been more open about the spread and genetic makeup of the disease, encouraging citizens to share information. The Chinese government has also taken some preventative measures, going so far as to close down poultry markets.

Still, it remains unclear how the virus is being transmitted. More than half the patients have had no contact with poultry, and China believes that some cases were the product of human-to-human transmissions.

That seems to be a leap.

This week, the number of cases appears to have peaked, which could mean that China is succeeding in limiting further transmissions. Nonetheless, the new Chinese government could be doing more....

Meanwhile, the Chinese are in the best position now to come up with a vaccine, but would clearly benefit from seeking help from the United States, which has been successful at developing vaccines for flu strains in the past.

That i$ what thi$ i$ all about.

Of course, the best approach is to stop a virus in its tracks. China owes the rest of the world a full account of its efforts to isolate patients and ensure that infected people don’t spread the virus beyond its borders.

So do AmeriKan jewspapers on so many things.

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Then why is this the first time I've seen something about it in two weeks?

RelatedChinese Flu Reads Like Contagion Script

What the Globe has given me:

"China, France urge no superpowers" Associated Press, April 26, 2013

BEIJING — President Xi Jinping of China and President Francois Hollande of France pledged to push for a world free of domination by any superpower Thursday as the French leader visited the Chinese capital to boost trade amid his country’s worsening economic problems.

It won't be long; the AmeriKan Empire is collapsing under the weight of militarism and the private central banking system it protects.

Both leaders stressed their desire for a ‘‘multipolar’’ world that would dilute Washington’s influence — though they did not mention the United States in their comments.

‘‘China and France are both great countries with a strong sense of independence,’’ Xi said at a news conference, adding that the two countries would ‘‘actively promote a multipolar world and the democratization of international relations.’’

Xi and Hollande, who is traveling with a delegation representing scores of French businesses, spoke to reporters after meeting at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People.

‘‘China and France both want a multipolar world. We want there to be a balance. We refuse a world of powers, and of superpowers,’’ Hollande said. ‘‘When China and France agree on a position, we can drive the world.’’

Officials from the two countries signed a deal for China to buy 60 planes from France-based Airbus. In addition, French nuclear giant Areva signed a pact with China National Nuclear Corp. to build a used fuel treatment and recycling facility in the country.

Yeah, only Iran can't have nuclear power.

French businesses are hoping for additional deals in China in areas including car making, nuclear energy, and food exports. France registered a $34 billion trade deficit with China last year and accounts for less than 2 percent of the Asian giant’s foreign trade.

Better get EUSrael to call off the World War III then.

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