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That went well. After receiving emails from the Chinese consulate asking him to pass a resolution praising China for its fight against the coronavirus, which originated in China, Wisconsin Senate President Roger Roth (R-Appleton) wrote a resolution slamming China for lying about the coronavirus.<\/p>\n
Oops.<\/p>\n
A campaign by Chinese consular staff to press the legislature of the U.S. state of Wisconsin to pass a resolution praising China\u2019s handling of the COVID-19 outbreak \u2013 written by China \u2013 backfired spectacularly, inspiring a motion that says Beijing \u201cdeliberately and intentionally misled the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even before the U.S.-China spat intensified last month over the coronavirus outbreak that started in China in January, Chinese officials were pushing a counter-narrative from Beijing to weeks of reports about cover-ups and delayed sharing of vital information with the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n
The request to sing China\u2019s praises directly from Beijing\u2019s script had the opposite effect on Wisconsin Senate President Roger Roth, who was so angered by e-mails on Feb. 26 and March 10 that he drafted a harsh resolution condemning China\u2019s handling of COVID-19 and a litany of well-known human rights abuses.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was mad as hell,\u201d Roth told RFA\u2019s Mandarin Service.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe awkward truth is, this request almost certainly didn\u2019t only go to Wisconsin,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Chinese embassy felt completely comfortable doing this because it often works. Even when it doesn\u2019t, people rarely go public, so there\u2019s no downside to trying,\u201d added Roth.<\/p>\n
Roth\u2019s resolution, which has yet to be voted on, records the Wisconsin Senate\u2019s acknowledgment that \u201cthe Communist Party of China deliberately and intentionally misled the world on the Wuhan Coronavirus.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission.<\/p>\n
Read the rest here: American Military News<\/a><\/p>\n
How’s that again, Schiff?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"