Soeren Kern
Chinese envoys have been especially aggressive
on Twitter, which they are using to attack, intimidate and silence Western
journalists, lawmakers and think tank scholars — essentially anyone who
contradicts China's official version of events.
Under pressure from Chinese officials, Esther
Osorio, a communications adviser to Josep Borrell, the head of the EU
diplomatic service, personally intervened to delay the release of the initial
report. The EU was reportedly hoping to get better treatment for European companies
in China. On April 25, however, the South China Morning Post, which also
obtained a copy of the original report, revealed that Beijing had threatened to
withhold medical supplies from Europe if the section on China was not removed.
On April 15, Germany's most popular newspaper,
Bild, published an article titled, "What China Owes Us So Far," which
suggested that China should pay Germany €150 billion ($162 billion) in
reparations for the coronavirus pandemic. The article included an itemized list
of economic damage, including €50 billion for losses to small businesses and
€24 billion for lost tourism.
"You rule by surveillance. You wouldn't be
president without surveillance. You monitor everything, every citizen, but you
refuse to monitor the diseased wet markets in your country." — Julian
Reichelt, editor-in-chief of Bild, "You Are Endangering the Entire
World," addressed directly to President Xi Jinping.
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