The Chinese Government Owes the World an Apology

COVID-19 has hurt the Chinese government’s standing on the world stage. Taking full responsibility will save face; no amount of spin will.

President Donald J. Trump joins Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, at their bilateral meeting Saturday, June 29, 2019, at the G20 Japan Summit in Osaka, Japan. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)

COVID-19 Originated in China

And the Chinese government covered it up for months while it spread.

The earliest stages of the outbreak offer the clearest facts, before any political implications could distort the data. The emergence of COVID-19 has been carefully traced by qualified experts in the fields of virology and immunobiology to Wuhan, China.

What’s more, COVID-19 was predicted by scientists who have been warning the world to expect an outbreak from that quarter for over a decade.

This is all a matter of public record around the world, where political leaders can no more control the press than they can control college kids on Spring Break.

China’s earliest efforts to suppress- not the spread of the outbreak- but information about the burgeoning health crisis is also a matter of public record everywhere outside China.

The heartbreaking story of the hero doctor who tried early in the crisis to warn public officials and was punished by the government, only to later die of the virus himself, is as tragic as it is illustrative of a regime with strict…