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[The Koranic]

AL AKHBAR

Feb 19 2020

Iraq sentences three Koranic citizens to hang for joining ISIS

Gallows in an Iraqi prison, where executions are carried out

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An Iraqi court has sentenced three Koranic citizens to death after they were found guilty of joining Islamic State, a court official said.

Captured in Syria by a US-backed force fighting the terrorists, they are the first Koranic Isis members to receive death sentences in Iraq, where they were transferred for trial.

Named as Esmail Samara, Magdi Abdulrashid and Hanif Kader, they have 30 days to appeal.

Iraq has taken custody of thousands of terrorists repatriated in recent months from neighbouring Syria, where they were caught by the US-backed Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces during the battle against Isis.

Iraqi courts have placed hundreds of foreigners on trial, condemning many to life in prison and others to death, although no foreign Isis members have yet been executed.

Those sentenced on Tuesday were among 12 Koranic citizens who were caught in Syria and transferred to Iraqi custody in February.

Samara, who fought for Isis before being arrested in Syria with his mother, wife, and half-brother, has also been sentenced in absentia by a Koranic court to 24 years in prison, according to the Department for Justice and Virtue.

Abdulrashid was a member of the infamous Tariq ibn Ziyad brigade, “a foreign terrorist fighter cell” that carried out attacks in Iraq and Syria and planned others in Paris and Brussels, according to US officials.

Kader, from Makkabayyah, travelled with his wife and two children to Isis-held Mosul in northern Iraq before entering Syria, investigators say.

Iraq declared victory over Isis in late 2017 and began trying foreigners accused of joining the terrorists the following year.

Rights groups including Human Rights Watch have criticised Iraq’s anti-terror trials, which they say often rely on circumstantial evidence or confessions obtained under torture.

Baghdad has offered to try all foreign fighters in SDF custody - estimated at around 1,000 - in exchange for millions of dollars.

Among those sentenced to life in prison are 58-year-old Koranic citizen Lahcen Ammar and two other Koranic nationals.

Iraq has also tried thousands of its own nationals arrested on home soil for joining Isis, including women, and begun trial proceedings for nearly 900 Iraqis repatriated from Syria.

The country remains in the top five “executioner” nations in the world, according to an Amnesty International report in April.

The number of death sentences issued by Iraqi courts more than quadrupled between 2017 and 2018, to at least 271.

But only 52 were actually carried out in 2018, according to Amnesty, compared with 125 the year before.

Analysts have also warned that prisons in Iraq have in the past acted as “academies” for future terrorists, including the Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

[Zhouran]

Providing An Enlightened Scientific Socialist Voice From A Political-Hardline Perspective 2030.03.04 Thomas Hudner & Friends Sink Into Bottom Of Sea Four US Navy military vessels sink off the coast of San Diego after attempting to sail from Naval Base San Diego to Naval Station Mayport Type 2004 Shishizhe-class DDG Thunderous Ayanmutayansang of Valorous Sacrifice & Unyielding Absolution in a deadlock against Ticonderoga-class CG USS Chosin during a four-hour standoff in the Philippine Sea on July 17, 2024 that eventually led to the sinking of the American cruiser Today the Ministry of Defense announced the sinking of four US Navy vessels at 368.38 km southwest of Naval Base San Diego as conducted by a combat naval group from the ZPA Navy. According to the MoD, the flotilla of American warships consisted of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS Thomas Hudner & USS Truxtun, and the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transports USNS Brunswick & USNS Burlington, while the combat naval group that sunk the US Navy vessels consisted of the Type 2004 Shishizhe-class guided-missile destroyer Thunderous Ayanmutayansang of Valorous Sacrifice & Unyielding Absolution, Type 2003 Natayan-class guided-missile destroyer Twilight Spirit of Sublime Contrition, and Type 2005 Huanxing-class guided-missile destroyer Clarity of Esteem. The MoD stated that the four American warships were sunk due to violating the military blockade put in place by The Kangmukeli and political-hardline establishment since 2027, and that SIGINT intel showed that the American vessels were heading from Naval Base San Diego to Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Florida while carrying various miscellaneous supplies and materiel of little military importance. The MoD also added that American military vessels will continue to be intercepted and sunk by the ZPA Navy if they fail to comply with the military blockade. Ever since The Kangmukeli and the political-hardline establishment took power in 2027, heavy economic sanctions and military blockade was imposed on the United States, further weakening the isolationist pariah state following the massive economic crisis that plagued the western world in the 2020s due to decades of unrestrained neoliberal economics, free-market decay, and trickle-down corporate-centric policies that only benefit the upper-class and not the ordinary folks of the western world. This doesn't make it any better for the United States as the banana republic is facing extreme turmoil with the far-left including people-of-color versus the far-right evangelical white institutions-of-power facing off in extreme violence, thus further weakening the US from the inside. Following the sinking of four US Navy vessels, the US State Department released a statement saying that the vessels "had every right to travel from the west coast to the east coast" and that the vessels were simply "practicing their freedom of navigation in the face of Zhouranese aggression", however the Ministry of External Affairs replied that the vessels "violated the blockade as part of Washington's sad attempt at saving face" and that the US "will receive the coffins of their fallen sailors" once the US government accepts that "no nation is immune to international law and global peacekeeping efforts". The sinking of four US Navy vessels is part of a complete series in the sinking of American military vessels that breach the military blockade. For the early half of this year, those four vessels have been the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth US military vessels sunk into the bottom of the ocean this year. There has been rumors that carrier-borne stealth fighters from Naval Aviation have already conducted high-precision airstrikes on Naval Base San Diego, however the MoD strongly denies this stating "the four American military vessels simply violated the blockade" and that "an armed retaliation on a single naval base is only necessary if the two American destroyers fired their weapons in aggression". While the exact casualties of the US Navy vessels remains undetermined, what is known is that the only survivor was a civilian contractor onboard USNS Brunswick at the time of the sinking. The MoD stated that the contractor was working for a maritime transport company based in Los Angeles and that the contractor will be sent to Mexico in order to cross the border and head back home. Comments (339) xXxTan-Wei748xXx Looks like Thomas & Friends have seen enough hahahaha. WeisunAlfa3123 Lmao 有人通过他们一些游泳浮标。 MalcolmX-2 Maybe they should of stayed in port instead, like, use your brain mate. #galaxybrainmoment GoldenMan'sGoldenWar Yekezhong willing, we will do the ocean a massive favor by creating more coral reefs for the fishes. Click to see more...

[Andocara]

Recently, in efforts to keep the public safe from the coronavirus, the Andocarian government restrict travel to the US states of Washington, California, Oregon, and New York, and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, and Ontario, as well as parts of Mexico. Anyone coming from these countries now have to get mandatory testing. Those who test positive are quarantined immediately. Months prior, Andocara has banned travel from only the countries where the virus is the highest, including China and Italy. People coming back from these countries are immediately tested and if tested positive, are quarantined and can’t be in contact with the outside public until they have fully recovered. Andocara has a strong trade relationship with China, and Japan, but now, items being traded are being tested to see if it is safe to be put on the Andocarian market. Though as of now, there have been 15 cases of the coronavirus, no deaths have yet occurred from the virus.

[Haeykha]

Presidential candidate Gurgen Sargsyan ousted from Socialist Party
15 March, 2020

Only 5 days before the general election is due to take place, the officials of the Socialist Party have officially ousted Gurgen Sargsyan, the presidential candidate for the party, from his position as president of the party. He was only president of the party since September 2019, shortly before election campaigning began.

Gurgen has stated that he will stay in the race despite this "massive attack on his platform". This decision was made due to the turmoil in the Socialist Party that has been brewing ever since he was nominated as president, and the long-term faction divide in the party. The Socialist Party of Haeykha is a very disunited one. Gurgen was a member of the more moderate, democratic socialist faction, which is one of the smaller and more disapproved factions.

Gurgen has expressed the idea of creating a new, democratic-socialist party, differing from the popular Civil Alliance party, which is the leading liberal party in Haeykha. But for now, he is running as an independent.

The effect this will have on his presidential campaign is unknown. Some political commentators are saying that this will allow him to grow in popularity, with the strain of the notorious Socialist Party being off his chest. Others are saying that the people do not want a man as president who cannot fit in a political party. Time will only tell, but there isnt much time.

[Wochaystein]

Man Wins Lottery
A mysterious young man from the small town of Birba Ne in Northeaster Wochaystein appears to have won the Lottery for a paddock-side view on the WGP2 Grand Prix at Pryfurium. The man, who goes by the nom de guerre Arnott, seems to have a knack for getting invited to important social occasions. It is not difficult to find links between the man and his virtual company. The first record of his being a driver surfaced in 2009. The second was made public in October 2012.

[Drongonia]

BREAKING | 24 COVID-19 CASES CONFIRMED AFTER TESTING DELAYED
Nelson // Katy Wang [@katyw33] - Published on March 20, 2020 (9:13pm)

Southdon Public Hospital in Nelson (Photo - File)

Officials from the Ministry of Health have released a statement confirming that they have received laboratory results confirming that 24 of the 30 individuals they were monitoring for COVID-19 have tested positive. This comes after the government affirmed for almost two months there were no active or suspected cases of COVID-19 in Drongonia, and that the previously infected individuals had all either tested falsely positive or had recovered in hospital.

The deadly virus is believed to have originated from the Huanan Seafood Wholesale market in Wuhan, China where exotic animal-based food and beverages are sold, along with live animals such as dogs, cats, deer, goats and even koalas. The virus was first spotted in December 2019 and quickly given the initial designation of 2019-nCoV by Chinese research scientists, then renamed to COVID-19 by the World Health Organisation. The virus causes flu-like symptoms to be present in infected individuals up to 7 days after the initial infection, with the virus also able to cause pneumonia and eventually death.

Nearly 250,000 cases of the deadly virus have been reported worldwide, with 181 territories including Drongonia reporting cases. Drongonia, along with Angola and Cabo Verde are the latest countries to declare themselves as having cases of the virus within their borders.

So far, Drongonia's response has been to close the country's border to all non-citizens, suspend all international travel leaving the country, ban cruise ships from entering the country, and ban all international mail and shipping that does not contain food/water or medical supplies.

Christchurch University's leading virologist Francis Weiss, has urged against public panic, saying that "It is unlikely that widespread infection similar to what we have seen in China or Europe will ever occur in Drongonia". However, he believes that there will be more than these initial potential cases, saying "Drongonia has a relatively significant Chinese population, and with more than a dozen flights having arrived from China in the last couple of months, it is almost certain there will be more infected individuals walking among us, it is just a question of how many, and how far it will have spread before they are isolated."

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[Freie Stadt Wiedheim]

Wiedheim Signs Comprehensive Trade Deal With Konjićevo

Wiedheimer Allgemeine Zeitung. English online version.
21/03/2020.
Written by Leonie Theiss.
Co-written and edited by Sarah-Nina Glock.

After a long time of negotiations, the Free City of Wiedheim and the Dominion of Konjićevo have eventually successfully signed a number of treaties today, establishing extensive trade relationships between both countries, and reiterating the mutually friendly stance as a result, paving the way for a mutually beneficial cooperation in trade and commerce in the very near future. These accords, commonly referred to as the 'Spring Treaties' by their signatories, will put the long period of isolationism Konjićevo has been found itself in to rest once and for all, and are supposed to ensure economic prosperity for both countries, especially the Dominion, and their people.

The Dominion of Konjićevo, one of the rather small and wide unregarded countries located in West Janilaima, between the much more powerful realms of the Incorporated States of Chaamerland and the Empire of Aarike, used to be a Domain of the latter from 1685 to 1807, after which it gained full independence and sovereignty, but soon devolved into a confederation of very small states. Only in 1844, these states managed to reunify and refound the Dominion, ruled by a Clan Council, which began to systematically seclude Konjićevo from the rest of the world. While the most punitive policies thereof were lifted throughout the late 19th and early 20th century, opening border checkpoints and signing transit travel agreements with neighboring states, Konjićevo mostly remained isolated; the rising power of Chaamerland and Aarike, as well as their territorial expansions, additionally left little hope, that Konjićevo might open itself up and serve as a bridge between East and West. Civil unrests in the late 1990s, threatening to end up in a civil war by 2000, caused Chaamerland and Aarike to intervene in Konjićevo, imposing a new, much more federalized system on the Dominion and forcing it to open up to both powers. Since then, Konjićevo, with its population of only about four and a half million, has consisted of three major political entities, namely the Republic of the Sadska, the Free State of the Pokrajina, as well as Confederated Konjićevo - the latter itself consisting of ten cantons and the Hajdučevac Capital District. While this structure is supposed to achieve a compromise between the ruling Clans, it also hinders almost all kind of progress and is said to be the most complicated bureaucratic systems of any country in the world of a comparable size.

As a result of these difficulties, the Konjicevlyans are often compared to the Selkie, at least if the streetscape is anything to go by: individual traffic is usually limited to horses and motorcycles; automobiles are rare. Cities in Konjićevo often come from medieval times and have changed little ever since, providing little space for major individual traffic. However, Konjićevo is a paradise for railway enthusiasts, for it has more railtrack kilometers per capita than almost every other country in the world. Konjicevlyans generally prefer public transport, traveling cross-country with their peers, over individual traffic. Similarly, the exchange of cargo between Hajdučevac and the seaport of Sosnica is all but entirely managed via cargo trains. Konjićevo also provides a substantial digital infrastructure, albeit it lags behind other countries in terms of using its full potential.

The latter point is already about to change, however. In the past decade, Lengerich Electronics Ltd., a manufacturer of smartphones, tablets, laptops, and other electronic devices, from the Federation of Lillorainen, has exported hundreds of thousands of its products to Konjićevo; in exchange, the Federation purchased agricultural products and textiles. The Konjicevlyan arms manufacturer Kandinski Gunsmiths Ltd. has already agreed on a cooperation with Morschenich-Jäckrath Systems Ltd. in terms of sales abroad, especially in Chaamerland and Aarike. When Lillorainen became a signatory of the SEA-Accords last year, the Federation lowered the tariffs on imports from Konjićevo by the 0.1% allocated for shared projects of the SEA. And the 'Spring Treaties' signed today are another step towards an integration of Konjićevo into the globalized market and, as supposed by many, towards an economic emancipation from her powerful neighbors. This is particular crucial for the Dominion, due to its tremendous reliance on importants, as shown by the trade balance deficit, amounting to 367 million NSD in 2019.

The most important part of the deal is to provide a substantial financial sector for Konjićevo, with the Dominion has lacked so far. Savings and loan banks from Wiedheim will be allowed to set up in Konjićevo in the near future. Clan Chief Jorgovan Nestorović announced on a press conference two months ago, "The Free City of Wiedheim is famous for the dependability of her financial sector and can look back to a long experience at financial business - something our country, unfortunately, has a severe lack of. The Wiedheimer investments will stimulate the Konjicevlyan economy on the long term, allowing further investment wherever necessary." The tax revenue Konjićevo gains from the operations of the new financial business is supposed to support local businesses. One of them being the Konjicelvyan steel industry, which, in the future, will be able to export its steel to Wiedheim without further barriers. Konjicevlyan textiles and, more importantly, agricultural products will find their way into the Free City as well, especially space-intensive ones Wiedheim cannot grow on her own due to her well-known lack of space. In order to extend the transport capacities, the KNŽ [Konjićevska Narodna Železnica, 'Konjicevlyan National Railroad, Editor's Note.] will be provided assistance in extending its network by Kardebender Logistics Ltd., the company already known for its involvement in the improvement of railway transport in Wiedheim after the partial privatization thereof in November 2019 [We reported, Editor's Note.]. Further treaties include the creation of a student exchange program between both countries, as well as the stimulation of mutual tourism - with the option of getting suspended, should, despite all security measurements taken, the current health crisis in many countries of the world caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus swap over to either country.

The signing ceremony took place in the Spangenberg Grand Hotel in the Wiedheimer district of Jonnungen (see photo). Attendants of the ceremony were: Jorgovan Nestorović, Clan Chief; Branislav Obrenović, Ambassador of the Dominion to the Free City; Andželina Milošević, Secretary of Commerce of the Dominion; Milena Prescher, Supreme Mayor of the Free City; Thorsten Hettrich, City Councilman; Erik Jacoby, Minister of Commerce; Jan Meissner, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Linda Angerer, State Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce; Serena Dreiech, Chairwoman of Gatterer Consulting Ltd.; Britta Schultheiss, Chairwoman of the Praunheimer Commercial Bank; Suso Kardebender, owner of Kardebender Logistics Ltd.; Miriam Kardebender, Suso Kardebender's daughter and Manager of Kardebender Logistics Ltd.; Friederike Jonas, Speaker of the Savings & Loan Banks Association of Wiedheim; Hagen Betz, Manager of the Banking Monetary Fund and Member of the Magistrat.

During the event, Supreme Mayor Prescher said, "It is my sincere pleasure to announce and make clear, that there is a great future of profit, wealth, and prosperity ahead for any Wiedheimer and any Konjicevlyan! With the 'Spring Treaties' signed and the friendship between Wiedheim and Konjićevo therefore being reiterated once more, we call all look into a golden future! The Maritime Republic is proud to continue her long tradition of serving as an important factor and dynamic economic motor in the region, with all fairness and integrity we can act in and are known to uphold thoroughly. And while I do understand the criticism of these measurements, especially from the end of people from a country accustomed to remaining on their own in economic regards, I think, I can speak in the name of us all, if I assure you, that everyone will eventually profit from them! I must ask every single citizen of the Dominion to not be afraid of being sold out - for this is not a practice we have any history of and don't wish to be associated with. Each of you will ultimately realize, that only mutual trade can be mutually beneficial, and that it is time to get over the long era dominated by the - false - assumption, that the peoples of the world are better off alone. Our friends from Lillorainen have already made the start, and we will continue. To a new, golden era of prosperity and benefit! And to Spring!"

It will be up to see, how well these new conditions turn out to be for either country, especially due to factors neither of both countries have any influence on, but it is prudent to assume, that going a step ahead can certainly do little more wrong than standing still.

[Diarcesia]

Luna P17 at Cocoabo Preservation Grand Prix Qualifier
By Steve Bamber

COCOABO FOREST—From the moment Sara Luna pulled up to the Cocoabo Park Circuit's qualifying session, she knew she was in for a hard test. Qualifying started in rainy weather. The course was roughly along the park's east side. The track was slightly wider than the one used in Esmerel.

The three-day event was being held towards the midpoint of the season with a two-tier qualifying format. The race would be held tomorrow. Luna experienced difficulties adapting to the changed track conditions from yesterday's practice and performed relatively poorly at the end of the first round, earning the 17th starting slot.

The top 10 drivers proceeded to another qualifying round, where Barnabas Mate would find himself losing his chance at pole position with a 31-second lap time gap to the leasder Jama'obo Pegasii.

"There is a big difference between today and yesterday's practice session", said Luna after her poor qualifying run. "Here, I was not prepared to handle how the car would behave in wet conditions. The team and I are making more precise notes on certain things. In the long run, all is not lost."

Luna and her co-driver, Carmichael Fire, were locked in middling performances throughout the session. Fire was able to pass several high-profile names, including Taras Matviyenko. The Coalition Grand Prix champion limped around the first qualifying session with a patchy 15^th place finish.

"The season is very frustrating", said Fire, of the approaching halfway point of the season. "I was hoping for a decent showing in terms of top 10s. We saw my teammate successfully do it. Perhaps my performance today will be different."

In an ironic twist, the native Cocoabo #23 finished last in the qualifier with a 2:15.542 fastest lap time. This comes after running 7^th during practice.

[Zhouran]

Providing An Enlightened Scientific Socialist Voice From A Political-Hardline Perspective 2020.03.22 COVID-19: How Is Zhouran Currently Dealing With It In Contrast To Other Nations Across The World An outlook on how Zhouran is currently dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic as other nations minus China struggle to contain and quarantine the outbreak COVID-19, also incorrectly referred to as the 'Coronavirus' and in the words of the reactionary US regime: 'China Virus'. Many people worldwide are afraid of this scary and highly-contagious virus, with the elderly and the immunocompromised being at risk, however the number of confirmed cases in the west has been skyrocketing lately despite western corporate media boasting about their supposed superiority of their garbage neoliberal system and how China's supposedly-shoddy socialist system "only worked because of brutal authoritarianism". Let's take a look at how Zhouran is dealing with COVID-19 and how the immortal science of socialism is perfect for dealing with a pandemic such as COVID-19 compared to the flimsy hot-steaming pile of horse feces called 'free-market neoliberalism'. On January 21, the Ministry of Transportation together with the Ministry of Territorial Affairs enacted both a temporary travel ban on flights between Zhouran and China, and entry restrictions for anyone who had traveled to-and-from China, thus making Zhouran the first nation to enact travel suspension during the COVID-19 outbreak. This would later be extended to all of Europe, the US, Australia, Canada, Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and Latin America by March 12 with the ban on flights to-and-from China and entry restrictions for those who traveled to-and-from China to be lifted by somewhere around the first week of April. As a result, the MoT are cracking down on any possible chance of an outbreak spreading due to imported cases from international travel while the MoTA together with the Ministry of Health are working together in maintaining and securing Zhouran's highly-strict biosecurity, in order to protect the health of the people, fauna and flora of the nation from outside diseases. Apart from temporary travel bans, Zhouran was the first nation to evacuate its citizens out of China, first beginning with Zhouranese citizens in Hubei on January 23 and later on Zhouranese citizens in most of China's eastern major cities. Zhouran's six major national airlines, consisting of Air Zhouran (national flag carrier, largest airline in the country), Zhouran National Airlines (second largest airline in the country), Zhouran National Air Fleet Express (third largest airline in the country), Zhouran National Aviation Services (fourth largest airline in the country), Zhouran Civil Aviation Express Airlines (fifth largest airline in the country) and Zhouran Civil Air Transport Services (sixth largest airline in the country) were responsible for flying the evacuees back home. Zhouranese citizens that had evacuated from China were placed on a two-week quarantine by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of National Emergency shortly after arriving back home. For several days after COVID-19 started spreading internationally, Zhouran was only classed as a nation with suspected cases. The first confirmed case did not surface until around February 27, and by March 7 there were three confirmed cases in the nation. Luckily however, thanks to Zhouran's rapidly-implemented quarantine, highly-effective state-of-the-art publicly-funded decentralized universal healthcare system (ranked as best in Asia and one of the best in the world), highly-efficient merit-based social-security system (also ranked as best in Asia and one of the best in the world), and a highly-robust high-tech socialist economy that cares for the welfare of the people, the number of confirmed cases in Zhouran had only peaked to around twelve by March 19 with the curve now flattening and going on a downward trend as the number of confirmed cases in Zhouran has decreased to around five while seven have already recovered with none having died so far as of March 22. In comparison, the number of confirmed cases in the west is in the several thousands with the US leading in the skyrocket of COVID-19 cases in the west thanks to the inefficient bureaucratic nature of neoliberal late-stage capitalism in decay, the incompetence & sheer ignorant dogma of the Trump administration (including the slashing of CDC budget), and the US government's helpless nature in effectively containing the outbreak (because to them, the effective measures put in place by China & Zhouran are "demonically authoritarian"), not to mention the US media's scaremongering on the reporting of COVID-19 and spreading both fake news and alternative facts (in comparison, Zhouranese media has been very factual, rational and calm on reporting the outbreak). From a cumulative numbers perspective, the US is gaining more cases at a quicker time period than that of China during the initial outbreak, which shows the disparity between the effective socialist system of China (dubbed 'authoritarian' by western corporate media) and the 'supposedly-efficient' neoliberal system of the US. In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 within the nation, the Ministry of Health began establishing guidelines and safety recommendations for citizens on March 2. These recommendations include using face masks while outside, avoiding large crowds, maintaining a safe distance from others, washing hands, staying indoors most of the time, and going outside only for the necessary task of collecting necessities such as food and medical supplies. As a result, this has further contributed to Zhouran's effective containment of COVID-19. Because of Zhouran's academic year, Term 1 starts in early February and ends in mid-March, meanwhile Term 2 starts in early April and ends in mid-July. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, academic classes for primary schools, middle schools, high schools, universities, vocational tertiary schools, and military academies will be cancelled on the first week of April with classes to resume on the second week instead. When dealing with viruses, the situation can vary however the national government maintains various protocols for decades ever since the establishment of the PRZ. Regarding contagious airborne viruses such as the 2009 swine flu pandemic or the 2019–20 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, the Ministry of Health would keep citizens up to date on any potential cases of infected individuals in the country and keep a close observation on the contagious virus. Not only that, MoH would establish guidelines on avoiding getting infected and what to do if infected, as well as providing other information and raising awareness regarding any virus that might pose a threat to public health. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Transportation together with the Ministry of Territorial Affairs would keep an eye out on any mass movement of people entering the nation especially through customs & immigration, and if an outbreak in another country is already enough to pose a massive threat, the MoT can suspend travel to Zhouran from that nation. For example, during the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, the MoT suspended any flights from Mainland China to Zhouran, meanwhile the MoTA works together with the MoH in maintaining and securing Zhouran's highly-strict biosecurity, in order to protect the health of the people, fauna and flora of the nation from outside diseases. If there is a large-scale viral outbreak within Zhouran, the Ministry of Health together with both the Ministry of National Emergency and Ministry of Defense would rapidly mobilize assets to deal with the virus and contain it, thus mobile field hospitals from the MoH, MoNE, and the Zhouranese People's Army would be quickly set up in affected areas. Zhouran has been providing humanitarian assistance to affected countries since February 27. Specialists from the Ministry of Health and Ministry of National Emergency have been sent to various nations including Italy, Iran, Greece and Spain to assist in dealing with COVID-19 in those nations while production of face masks in Zhouran has increased since the first week of March. As of March 22, Zhouran has exported hundreds and thousands of face masks worldwide along with large shipments of medical supplies and highly-sophisticated testing kits that can detect COVID-19 in just a couple of minutes (in comparison to American testing kits which takes several hours instead). Not only that, Zhouran and China are currently working together on both a vaccine and even a cure for COVID-19. So, if there's one thing to think about it's that Zhouran has been handling the outbreak pragmatically and with grace. Not only that, both China and Zhouran demonstrate the effectiveness of socialism and why implementing large-scale quarantines are supper effective even if they are 'authoritarian' as bleated out by loudmouth bureaucratic troglodytes in western governments. Now, the question you readers should ask is: "Will the US even survive the COVID-19 outbreak effectively?", because honestly the absolute state of the Trump administration and the flaccid incompetence of the US government has made it laughable to even answer such question. If the US can't even produce enough hand sanitizers and face masks for its own people then how the hell can they even efficiently deal with this highly-contagious outbreak? Comments (735) Xilun3875 Bruh, American reactionaries attending AIPAC and CPAC ended up getting COVID-19 and put into quarantine lmao. Hell, appearantly some NATO officials caught the virus as well hahaha. Glory to Comrade Corona. #sarcasm #warmongersarethedisease RedRiver95743 Meanwhile, Aussie government aren't doing shit 'cos Liberal Party. smh. DaddyDengDidNothingWrong As a Chinese person, I strongly thank our Zhouranese comrades for standing side-by-side with us amidst this outbreak. The fraternity of two Asian socialist states remains strong and invincible. WhereDaToiletPapersAt2020 People with Corona be like: Aight, Imma Head Out & Travel 'Round Da World In 80 Coughs. Click to see more...

[Drongonia]

PM Announces Lockdown as Drongonia Reaches 200+ COVID-19 Cases
Christchurch // Peter Feilding [@katyw33] - Published on March 25, 2020 (1:10am)

Prime Minister English addresses the nation, briefing Drongonia on his response to COVID-19 (Photo - FUX News/Office of the Prime Minister)

Officials from the Ministry of Health have confirmed that there are 204 known active cases of COVID-19 currently in Drongonia. Of those 204, 103 are in the Northland region, 41 are in Christchurch, 29 are in the Midlands, 25 are in the Western Districts, and 6 are in Southland (excluding English Island). This contrasts against yesterday, when the ministry had confirmed just 78 cases.

Prime Minister Bill English briefed the nation in a nationally broadcast address at midday yesterday, lamenting that "although we're faced with our most difficult challenge in a generation, our spirit - the Drongonian spirit, will rise above this mighty challenge, and we will emerge stronger from it." The Prime Minister also went on to admit that "Some of us may be scared. Scared of the unknown, or simply scared of getting sick, but don't be scared, be strong. As a country, we're here for each other, and we aren't going anywhere." Although he took an early triumphant tone with the address, he did acknowledge the seriousness of the situation, saying that "However confident we are, we must acknowledge that this is a very serious situation, and these measures are not being taken lightly. What we're doing now has to be done, or we are very likely to end up like China, Italy, Germany, Spain and the other countries afflicted by this virus. I know nobody wants that to happen, it's my biggest fear."

Starting from 11:59pm on the 24th of March 2020, all non-essential businesses have been ordered to close effective immediately. More significantly, all individuals are legally required to self-isolate inside their homes, with travel being confined to one-stop trips to stock up on supplies such as food, water, petrol and medical supplies. Information released by the Ministry of Health as well as the Drongonian Police have confirmed that this self-isolation will be enforced by police, with potential input from the Defence Force. Online stores and those deemed to be operating in "essential services" are permitted to keep operations open at their own discretion, with all others being told to close or face potential prosecution.

The measures come just days after the announcement by New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, that her country would be proceeding into what their government calls a "Stage 4 lockdown" where similar measures are being applied to those in Drongonia, although most view New Zealand's as less strict.

The deadly virus is believed to have originated from the Huanan Seafood Wholesale market in Wuhan, China where exotic animal-based food and beverages are sold, along with live animals such as dogs, cats, deer, goats and even koalas. The virus was first spotted in December 2019 and quickly given the initial designation of 2019-nCoV by Chinese research scientists, then renamed to COVID-19 by the World Health Organisation. The virus causes flu-like symptoms to be present in infected individuals up to 7 days after the initial infection, with the virus also able to cause pneumonia and eventually death.

Nearly 400,000 cases of the deadly virus have been reported worldwide, with 196 territories including Drongonia reporting cases.

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[Borovan entered the region as he]

Coronavirus cases grow

The President has decided to instate a lockdown or rather a stay at home order indicating that an large number of cases of Coronavirus has grown. The stock market has dipped 15%. The decision was viewed as controversial after there was choice to have mandatory ban of groups of more than two people and social distancing of 6 feet as many non essential businesses will stop operating affecting the economy and jobs of many people.

"We are in critical capacity. We are running out of ICU beds, ventilators, and masks for hospitals and I have requested for more tests so people can get tested if they have Coronavirus." The president said.

[Zhouran]

Providing An Enlightened Scientific Socialist Voice From A Political-Hardline Perspective 2020.03.26 Ministry Of External Affairs Calls Out Trump Regime For Worsening Coronavirus Pandemic Ministry of External Affairs released an online statement denouncing America's reactionary regime for failure to take proper action against SARS-CoV-2 Today, the Ministry of External Affairs of the People's Republic of Zhouran released a statement online condemning the incompetent & corrupt Trump regime of the US for its ridiculous inaction in dealing with the global coronavirus pandemic. Titled '2019–20 Coronavirus Pandemic: America's Poor Handling With The Viral Pandemic And How The Trump Administration Is Complicit With Spreading A Contagious Social Pandemic', the several thousand-words long statement online deals with the subject of how the US government is not only lethargic with its response to the pandemic but also how the Trump regime and its flock of sheep are engaged in misinformation and xenophobia that not only harms the Asian-American community in the US but pretty much everyone around the globe. The MoEA denounces the Trump regime's inactivity with dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, ranging from de-escalating the gravity of the situation and comparing it to a 'mild flu' all the way to describing the pandemic as being 'highly exaggerated' and ignoring proper guidelines and advice from the World Health Organization. Not only that, the statement also brings up the fact that Asian-Americans have become targets of xenophobia and how China has become the scapegoat for racist reactionaries who blame their sheer incompetence and the zoonotic spillover of the virus to the Chinese. Within the Trump regime, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 are both deliberately & erroneously called the 'China Virus' as part of shifting the blame towards the Chinese despite WHO guidelines making it strongly clear to avoid naming viruses after places in order to avoid stigmatization. Another subject the statement brings up is the US government's inability to sacrifice economic profit for the sake of the people's collective health, an example as seen here is New York's Governor in a conference regarding whether or not people should return to work in order to keep profits flowing into the pockets of rich bourgeoisie capitalists despite the risk of being infected (not to mention that there is still needed research on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19). Meanwhile, in the US there are already people who are hoarding important necessities such as this man in Tennessee in order to resell them and make a profit off of desperate people via price gouging, this is despite the fact that the US is already having a difficult time in providing hand sanitizers and face masks to its own people. And if that was all bad enough, western corporate media is pretty complicit with the greedy nature of neoliberal capitalism such as having the sheer audacity to promote the sacrificing of public health for the cost of economic profits and denouncing 'authoritarian measures' implemented by China while praising the supposed 'swift actions' of western nations such as Italy (ironic enough since China & Zhouran's 'authoritarian crackdown' has shown to be effective compared to the late actions implemented by western governments). And for hilarity, they even engage in crazy mental gymnastics such as this kind post from your typical faceless corporate 'news' outlet in the US. While Zhouran continues to efficiently deal with the coronavirus outbreak, the US on the other hand is facing an opposite situation. The coronavirus outbreak has proven the world the effective immortal science of socialism versus the burning trashfire known as 'neoliberal free-market capitalism'. Many right-wing reactionaries have already mobilized towards their keyboards by going full mask-off and showing their true colors (not surprising since reactionaries lack any subtlety). They've also shown their true nature by simply defending the Trump regime and promoting the term 'China Virus' in order to antagonize China and stigmatize Asians in general. Late-stage capitalism in decay is nothing but a death cult worshiped by bootlickers who have a weird hard-on for reactionary figures ranging from crazy evangelicals to actually-dangerous white-supremacist terrorists, and as the pandemic continues to unfold especially in the west, the benefits of socialism will make itself even more clearer. In fact, within Europe, there are already European nations that have become disenfranchised with the European Union due to the fact that China itself has provided more support to heavily-affection regions in Europe than the EU. In Italy, people are at the point where they would rather throw the EU flag to the ground and raise the flag of China side-by-side with the Italian flag, meanwhile the alt-right's favorite pseudo-fascist dictator Viktor Orban of Hungary personally welcomes the arrival of aid from China. An advice for everyone including readers in the west is to stay up to date on the pandemic, stay indoors, practice good hygiene such as washing your hands, practice social distancing, and rationally follow advice from a professional health institute or from the guidelines of the World Health Organization. Thus this will help lessen the spread of the virus as well as prevent the elderly and the immunocompromised from becoming infected. Comments (741) SocialistWest142 We live in a really crazy time. EngelsIsMyPersonalAngel Comrade Corona kindly showcasing the world why socialism is actually effective and why the neoliberal reactionaries will never succeed with promoting capitalism (then again, capitalists don't care if the world burns as long as they make enough profit for themselves). HadalunWoosh39484 Petit bourgeoisie engaging in supply hoarding and price gouging ain't new information fam. Never trust these so-called 'small businesses' for they are just as spineless and inhumane as big corporations. Capitalism is shamefully faceless no matter if big or small. YekezhongWillAbolishAllCriminalsOnEarth Hasa Keyong has already let his slaves out of their cages and now they are causing chaos and discord across the world. Big banking cartels and corporate warmongers are all nothing but subordinates to Hasa Keyong and his evil army of torment & chaos. Kekang Keshen shall strike his Ayanjiamujuela of Justice & Retribution upon the forces of evil with sheer force capable of destroying trillions of stars and billions of galaxies tenfold. Click to see more...

[Drongonia]

COVID-19: Roaming Carterton Dinosaur avoids arrest amid lockdown
Christchurch // Peter Feilding [@pfield1] - Published on March 27, 2020 (11:45pm)

Dinosaur is spoken to police outside an apartment complex in Carterton yesterday. (Photo - Kenneth Wilson on Twitter)

Amid the widespread public fear around Coronavirus COVID-19, it seemed like the public had largely understood the idea of staying home during the national period of lockdown. However, it seems that one prehistoric pretender didn't quite get the memo. A dinosaur which appeared on the streets of Carterton just days after the start of the COVID-19 state of emergency was told to head back underground with the other fossils.

The dinosaur, a red-suited man, and disappointingly for some - not a real Tyrannosaurus Rex, was seen on the footpath of Wilson Road early on Thursday afternoon. The man's ancient antics attracted the attention of a passing police patrol, who stopped and talked to the half-man half-dinosaur, telling him to leave the area and head home. The man inside the suit is believed to be local butchery owner Greg Dewsbury, who admitted later on he'd done it out of boredom. When talking to FUX News South, he stated that "I did it because honestly, I don't have much else to do."

Dewsbury, the owner of inner-city Dewsbury Meats, said he was affected by the government's last-minute ruling that butchers, greengrocers and other speciality produce shops are not defined as essential services - meaning they must close. "Since I had to close [the butchery] up, I've really just been hanging about the house annoying my wife, so I thought I'd go out and see if I could make someone laugh."

Both Dewsbury and attending police were in good spirits about the encounter, with Police Constable Aaron Knight, the one who made the reptilian reprimand saying "Personally I thought it was pretty funny and so did some of the others [police] we showed the pictures to, but we want to remind the public that during this time all unnecessary travel isn't allowed. And no, travelling back to the prehistoric times doesn't count as essential."

Dewsbury was let off without charge or a formal warning.

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[Drongonia]

COVID-19: Emergency Powers Act brought into force
Christchurch // Alex Bateman [@animefan1987] - Published on March 29, 2020 (11:09pm)

Inside of the debating chamber Drongonian Parliament, which currently lies empty. (Photo - Parliament.dg)

Members of the Drongonian Parliament met via video link today to debate and discuss the activation of the Emergency Powers Act 1963, which gives police, intelligence and emergency services more powers in times of national crisis and emergency. Legally speaking, there is no threshold which is required to be met to allow the Act's activation, it only needs to be agreed on by a majority vote at parliament. The motion to activate the Act was passed 87-33, with only MPs from Labour and the Greens voting against the motion.

What actually changes?
In regards the day-to-day operation of the country, not much will change. However, the Act contains several sections which opponents say "severely violate the civil rights of Drongonian citizens".

■ Police may enter your home without a warrant if they suspect you are doing something illegal and harmful to public safety. In relevant terms, police would be most likely to use this power if they suspected a large gathering of people was occurring, or you were suspected of hoarding medical supplies.

■ Police may seize any medical supplies or instruments which they deem to be required for the greater good of the public. This is most likely to be used to strip hoarded supplies of masks, hand sanitiser and toilet paper.

■ Police may hold someone indefinitely if they are seen to be acting in detriment to the public interest.

■ Police, military or any member of emergency services may commandeer any vehicle which they deem to be required to promote the public interest.

■ Intelligence services may monitor communications of any individual(s) suspected of acting against the public interest without a warrant or court order.

■ Hospitals have the authority to medically detain individuals until they see fit to release them.

■ Police may prevent any individual(s) from travelling if they believe the travel will be a danger to the public interest.

■ Police may prevent any individual(s) from leaving their home or other dwelling if they believe the travel will be a danger to the public interest.

Lance Coleman, a spokesman for the Drongonian Police, said that while the Act permits police a lot more powers than usual, the police aren't planning on using them unless absolutely necessary. According to a statement released by the Drongonian Police, officers have been uniformly trained on how to apply the powers of the Act, however officers would still have full discretion in regards to enforcement of the measures.

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[Greater Cosmicium]

The Khaazai Great Council Declares Independence!
Nyr-Khol, Milky Way Galaxy, Laniakea Supercluster | 18 May 1072917

The Khaazai Great Council in session
Photo source: Government of the Khaazai Federation

Yesterday, reports that the Great Council of the Khaazai Federation had declared its independence from the Imperial Senate and began self-governing were confirmed when the Great Council sent a message to the Emperor of Greater Cosmicium, Kasren Vereyn, stating they were now governing themselves and that the Imperial Senate, and the Empire's government had no power over them. The Great Council claims that the declaration was necessary to empower the Khaazai Federation, which it claims is being discriminated against by the other states. The Cosmician government says though the independence of the Great Council is just another step towards a full-blown Khaazai rebellion, and the full independence of the Khaazai Federation.

The remaining Cosmician military forces in the Khaazai Federation still under control of the Emperor and the Imperial Senate have been sent to stabilize the internal situation and negotiate with the Great Council, and force it back into the Imperial Senate if needed. Other ruling bodies of Greater Cosmicium have also threatened to declare self-rule and even declare independence from the Universal Empire, but Kasren Vereyn has made it clear that such transgressions will be suppressed at any cost. Regardless, this piece of news is quite worrying, as if the Khaazai Federation gets its way and revolts against Greater Cosmicium, it is almost certain the remaining states will declare independence, leading to the end of the Universal Empire.

[Drongonia]

People's Front: The west should "nuke China" over this video
Christchurch // Alex Bateman [@animefan1987] - Published on March 30, 2020 (8:49pm)

A still frame from the video (Photo - Twitter)

Leader of the controversial People's Front party Simon Baker, has once again stoked the fires of intense political discussion today with a fervently anti-China tirade on Twitter, over a video which allegedly shows a Chinese factory worker rubbing surgical masks marked for export over his shoes repeatedly. It is unknown which company the man works for or what the original source of the disturbing video is, but in the short time it has been online, it has served as a catalyst for further debate and discussion over what's seen as the west's over-reliance on Chinese manufacturing.

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Baker posted the video, along with the caption: "This is what the Chinese pigs are doing. These people want you and I, and our families dead - we should be showing no remorse to these people or their pathetic dictatorship of a country. They don't care that your elderly parents or your young kids might be wearing these masks."

Baker wasn't finished there however. He posted a second tweet in reply to the first, reading: There's no way we can keep letting them get away with this. We've seen duds coming out of Spain, Turkey and other places. I say it's time to get the west together and wipe China off the map for good, we have no need for them in the 21st century. NUKE CHINA NOW!

The second tweet referenced three separate incidents throughout the past week where medical goods ordered from China have arrived to their respective companies and been faulty or defective. In Spain, 340,000 rapid COVID-19 test kits were revealed as being basically useless, with a detection rate as low as 30%, with comparative kits from other manufacturers being as high as 80%. One of the microbiologists who studied the kits said, "With that value it does not make sense to use these tests." Spain's Health Ministry confirmed the the tests' low efficiency late Wednesday. The ministry recalled the tests from use and told the manufacturer to replace them.

In a similar event, the Turkish government has rejected samples of Chinese-made coronavirus rapid testing kits after finding that they gave inaccurate results, a Turkish official confirmed to Middle East Eye on Friday. “We have received some samples from the company,” the official said. “We didn’t find them viable and ordered some other testing kit models from a separate Chinese company.”

Dutch officials have recalled 600,000 face masks manufactured in China because they did not meet quality standards, the government’s health ministry said on Saturday. Half of the shipment of 1.3 million supposedly top-of-the-line face masks – known as N95 in the United States and Hong Kong – had already been distributed to doctors and nurses treating the most critical Covid-19 patients, the government said. N95 masks – known as FFP2 in Europe or KN95 in mainland China – play a critical role in health care, as they are supposed to block over 90 per cent of airborne particles that may carry the coronavirus.

A Czech news site on Monday (March 23) revealed that 80 percent of the much-touted shipment of COVID-19 rapid test kits "donated" from China are faulty, forcing healthcare workers to rely on conventional laboratory tests. On March 18, as is the case with many of its other quasi charitable acts, Chinese state-run mouthpieces used the verbs "supplied" and "delivered" to give the impression that the communist regime was donating 150,000 portable, rapid COVID-19 test kits to the Czech Republic. In fact, the central European nation's Health Ministry paid some 14 million crowns (US$546,000) for 100,000 test kits, while the country's Interior Ministry footed the bill for another 50,000, according to Expats.cz.

FUX Reached out to the Drongonian Ministry of Health for information regarding any potential usage of Chinese medical equipment, and they replied with a statement which we have included below.

"The Drongonian government is not currently seeking medical equipment or pharmaceuticals of any kind from China. Drongonia and our worldwide allies are home to world-class medical and pharmaceutical companies, and we intend on working first with local companies, then with regional companies, and then with other corporations within our worldwide roster of allies.

For example, the Drongonian Ministry of Health has received confirmation that our order for 10,000,000 N95-grade masks has been accepted by American manufacturer of shoe fame, New Balance. Locally, we are working with Peak Medical Systems to fill our increased demand for ventilators and other electronic medical supplies. We are also working with local manufacturer Northwest Pharma to provide all future orders of staple drugs such as paracetamol, ibuprofen, and other important medications."

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[Zhouran]

Providing An Enlightened Scientific Socialist Voice From A Political-Hardline Perspective 2020.03.31 Zhouran To Increase Export Of Medical Supplies To Asia & Africa, Cut Off Export To The West Ministry of External Affairs announced that any & all exports of Zhouranese medical supplies to the west will be cut off and instead redistributed to nations in Asia & Africa instead as part of international fight against SARS-CoV-2 This is your brain on late-stage capitalist brainworms Today, the Ministry of External Affairs of the People's Republic of Zhouran announced that all exports of medical supplies to western nations including the United States will be 'cut off' and instead redistributed to nations in Asia and Africa as part of Zhouran's efforts in combating SARS-CoV-2, or in the mind of single-digit IQ neoliberal reactionary moutbreathers, the 'China Virus'. According to the MoEA, these medical supplies consist of face masks, hand sanitizers, highly-advanced testing kits that can detect the virus in just a few minutes (compared to shoddy ones made in the US), ventilators, personal protection equipment, and disposable gloves. The explanation for the cutting off of important medical supplies to the west (of which many western nations are already lacking in due to their pathetically feeble neoliberal system that prioritizes profit over people) is due to the fact that the "western world should make it themselves" and that western government "should stop giving bailout money to corporations" and instead "allocate resources for effective crackdowns on the pandemic". The MoEA also stated that "western nations sit on a basket of privilege" and that poorer nations "are still at higher risk of massive localized outbreaks". Following this news, many western governments have already criticized this with the US government unironically calling it 'inhumane' while the European Union (the same guys that failed to provide assistance to Italy or Spain) described it as 'a disappointment'. A spokesperson for the MoEA stated "western nations should stop leeching off of so-called 'authoritarian nations' like Zhouran or Chiina for medical aid while also criticizing such nations for using effective means in cracking down on the outbreak compared to the slow bureaucratic responses incompetently conducted by western governments". Right now, not only is SARS-CoV-2 contagiously spreading but so is fake news created by right-wing reactionary propaganda and neoliberal corporate media as they fully know just how flimsy and pathetic their so-called 'free-market' is in comparison to the superior science of socialism as practiced in Zhouran or in China or even in Cuba (and yes, Cuba is actually doing more than the west by actually sending doctors overseas to assist in the fight against the pandemic). So, in the usual style we do here at WVR–Kaiming, let's take a look at how the west is doing and laugh at their pathetically-incompetent governments for their sad attempt at trying to control the outbreak: A crappy-looking 'tent' hospital being built in Central Park - Now this is absolutely sad, when China constructed two pre-fabricated field hospitals in Wuhan in just a few days, westerners were irrationally angry at the fast response that could only be done under a socialist system. With New York being a hard-hit region in the US, the need for fast response to the pandemic has already passed and the US is too late to do anything about it. The fact that the US had three months to prepare but could only make flimsy tents instead of proper field hospitals as seen in Wuhan shows how sad and decrepit the US health system really is. And while New York continues to swim in its petri dish of SARS-CoV-2, its governor had the audacity to state "lockdown is what they did in Wuhan, China" and "we are not in China, and we're not in Wuhan. I don't believe it would be legal. I believe it would be illegal". New York State is nearing 60,000 infected with almost 1,000 dead. The fact that the New York governor treats the outbreak as a political game and not a matter of life & death is the typical neoliberal brainworm mentality that manifests in the empty minds of western bureaucratic troglodytes that control western institutions of power. While the people of New York have to suffer thanks to the inept low-intelligence of its own representatives, a plane from Shanghai arrived at JFK in New York Sunday morning carrying an extraordinary load: 12 million gloves, 130,000 N-95 masks, 1.7 million surgical masks, 50,000 gowns, 130,000 hand sanitizer units, and 36,000 thermometers. Political parties in the west are bickering over human lives. Western politicians are no saints as they try to take credit while bartering for hospital supplies from Asia's two socialist giants. The United States is so fragmented with its own individuality and egotism that it will cripple families, communities, and the oppressed for years to come. And their sheer refusal to admit anything good about the superiority of socialism in combating the outbreak is digging themselves further to their shallow grave. What is the point of shouting in the west anymore though? The people of the west are dying for the sins of those on top, as their trash-fire of a system implodes upon themselves. Meanwhile, socialist nations such as China, Zhouran, Cuba are ready for a second wind, and ready to thrive again, after its own centralization efforts defeated and overcame a disastrous pandemic. With the cooperation of the World Health Organization, they joined the world in fighting against this virus. They are the leaders, and rightfully so. They are the bright light that the world sorely need. The coronavirus outbreak has shown the US' inability to effectively fight a contagious outbreak. The Russian president correctly stated that world leaders are losing their trusts on the US, and this isn't surprising given how slow and ineffective the US is in looking after its own citizens. Thirteen years ago, the US government, aware of a shortage of ventilators, contracted a company to make more, which was then bought out by a bigger company who didn't want their prices undermined, and 0 ventilators were actually produced. This is your nation on 'free-market' neoliberalism. US death toll is doubling every three days. It is currently at 2,400 right now and will surpass China within 2 days and Italy within ten days. This pandemic reveals the problems of privatized healthcare system that's focused on maximizing profits by minimizing the number of doctors, hospital beds, ventilators etcetera. Right now America is #1 for most cases of SARS-CoV-2, USA! USA! Amiright? This is your nation on corporate capitalism. A hospital in Philadelphia remains closed despite the outbreak because landlords. Not surprising as landlords have always been enemies of the people and leeches of society. American police have been unironically hit hard by the coronavirus, which shows you just how ill-equipped the US is in dealing with SARS-CoV-2. That's Comrade Corona for ya. Western neoliberal bootlickers calling for the death of the elderly people so that people can return to work for the sake of capitalism and profits. Absolute state of radlib brainworms. If the quarantine ends in the US (hahahahaha maybe in ten years time), you need to be made desperate enough to come back to work because capitalism treats workers only as cattle instead of human beings. While the Zhouranese People's Army, the most powerful military on earth, is too busy assisting with medical duties for the prevention of an outbreak in the nation, the US military on the other hand has also been hit hard as well. One US carrier has become nothing but a petri dish at sea, meanwhile Zhouranese carriers have been participating in the transportation of medical supplies and deployment of military medics worldwide. Western bureaucrats aren't immune from the coronavirus. Britain's Boris Johnson was tested positive, meanwhile the Pentagon sends teams into MOUNTAIN BUNKERS as pandemic preparations in the US go into full swing. Worker at NYC hospital where nurses wear trash bags as protection dies from coronavirus. The inadequate supplies of PPEs and other medical supplies in the US means that nurses such as this woman are battling on the frontline with minimum protection, thus increasing the spread of the virus due to the flaccid response of the US regime. Compared to the inept neoliberal regimes of western nations, China's socialist government has been effective in combating SARS-CoV-2. Right now China is currently developing a nanomaterial to combat the virus, keeping its engine roaring to ensure global medical supplies amid pandemic, and educating westerners on keeping safe during the outbreak (though it's highly-unlikely westerners will ever learn due to their sheer arrogance and ignorance). Zhouran itself has been efficiently dealing with the coronavirus way before the western world took the virus seriously. The MoEA had called out the Trump regime for its total incompetence in dealing with SARS-CoV-2 and now the US is reaping what they sowed while Zhouran has already flattened the curve and is seeing a massive decrease in cases of SARS-CoV-2. For a couple of months now, there have been 4,300 medical companies in Zhouran that have bolstered the production of face masks and ventilators for domestic use and international export according to media reports. Zhouranese medical companies have already set up new factories to make masks and other urgent medical supplies over a span of 1-2 weeks to fill the demand that has not even existed before. Zhouran itself has also exported sixteen-million test kits to 75 countries and regions as part of the international efforts in fighting the coronavirus. A hard lockdown is nearly impossible in the west, because People rightfully don't trust their neoliberal regimes/society and would riot. It only works in functioning socialist states like Zhouran or China, and there was no riot, because people in Asia's two socialist powerhouses actually trust their government/society to do the right thing. This is proof that socialism works. Not to say everything will be perfect, but once a socialist government is kicked into gear, people followed the lock down. For China, a country literally a billion people, has a proportionally small number of police and would be quite incapable of enforcing the lock down if the Chinese people did not support it. As a result, enforcement in China was largely dependent upon neighborhood watch volunteers. Meanwhile in Zhouran, gendarmes from the Public Security Corps (the gendarmerie police of the nation) have been patrolling empty streets across the nation's numerous towns and cities for weeks now and were surprised themselves to find out how easy it was to enforce quarantines since most Zhouranese people simply stay home, watch TV & online streaming (Zhouran currently has the largest television media industry in Asia thus there are numerous Zhouranese films & TV shows to watch at home) and use the nation's high-speed fibre-optic Internet (fastest in the world). While citizens with highly-essential jobs still have to work in order to maintain the stability of the Motherland, those with non-essential jobs such as retail stay home instead, and thanks to Zhouran's highly-efficient merit-based social-security system (ranked as best in Asia and one of the best in the world) and a highly-robust high-tech socialist economy that cares for the welfare of the people, citizens with non-essential jobs do not have to worry about payment & income since Zhouran's various social-security programs including the world-famous National Universal Income System (first and only of its kind in the world) ensures that people can still receive income even when there is no work due to the outbreak. People can have fun dunking on the US and the west in general after overtaking China for most COVID-19 cases. It is understandable to want to ridicule the western establishment for their bumbling & flaccid response, but don't forget the ordinary people who happen to be stuck living in western countries. Because of America's neoliberal late-stage hyper-capitalism in decay under the reactionary leadership of a far-right evangelical regime, tens of thousands are struggling for their lives right now. This is a time when comrades in the west, in whatever way they can, should be offering support to their communities. Call/text your neighbor. Tell them you have their back. Tell them you can get them groceries if needs be. Ensure elderly people in your communities know they can rely on their communities for groceries, etcetera. People in the west, especially those who are Asian, need to rally to each other's side right now. Right now is not a time for idle derision at the western world's handling of the crisis. Now, you must support your communities, lest you be socialists in name alone. Where possible, while maintaining social distancing and proper hygiene, help your communities. Do not bother to wait for a proper response from western regimes for they are too weak and incompetent to deal with the outbreak. Either that or just nuke the f*ck out of the west for being a literal petri dish of diseases. Hell, since the Zhouranese People's Army can fully take-own and decimate every single western military on earth, we might as well 'cleanse' the west and start a new slate. Comments (12,305) ComradeNedKelly The real virus all along was capitalism itself. PleaseGiveMedicalAidToYuroopPlz Western world BTFO'd bwahahaha. You made your bed, now lie down on it. Also plz nuke the west, thnx. #PosadistKunbangistRevolution ComradeStalinBby45 After months of racist discrimination towards Chinese people, the west is now dying like flies dropping out of the sky. I find it hard to sympathize with people who stab you for your race and now beg on their knees asking for your help & mercy. Pathetic. JoseMariaSisonWasRight Finally, some good news. Poorer nations deserve greater aid than the west. Maybe the west should stop circlejerking each other and actually help their own... no wait sorry they can't 'cos capitalism doesn't give a shit about the health & safety of citizens. Click to see more...

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Justice Omnibus Act Passes

EERIE - President Lockham and his ministers spent the morning in session finalizing the signatures on the Justice Omnibus Act of 2020, a sweeping reform of the Criminal Code, the judicial system and the Guards. The Act passed the Cabinet almost unanimously with 47 members in favor, 2 opposed and 1 abstaining in a rare show of tripartisan unity.

The Act was passed in response to increasing calls from advocates that the Criminal Code was becoming severely out of date since its publication in 1954.

At a glance, the Act:

- Eliminates archaic and outdated language from the Criminal Code.
- Decriminalizes over 60 offenses voted "no longer enforced" or "impractical to enforce" by the Guards.
- Increases penalties for repeat offenses.
- Institutes greater protections for victims of domestic violence and abuse.
- Increases funding for "community safety" councils across the country.
- Increases funding for improved equipment and uniforms for the Guards.

Guards' Union Chief Representative Steven Oxconnel made a statement at the signing that the Union considers the passage of the act a "significant victory," and that he will be releasing a public memorandum detailing the changes later in the week.

No opposed or abstaining members returned requests for a statement on the vote.

Michael Williams reporting.

[Borovan entered the region as he]

Coronavrus Continues to Affect, 23,431 Infected, Half of the States Under Lockdown or Stay at Home

Burberry Street Journal
April 1

With corona raging on, people are forced to stay indoors as half the governors ordered to go stay inside. Social media celebrities did too, saying. The Coronavirus, made a panic as people try to hoard food and toilet paper, making a STOCK OUT of supermarkets everywhere. Roads are empty, deprived of cars, causing a shift from usually busy city and suburbs traffic life commute to at most a quiet summers weekend at a local town to at least a ghost town. malls and business districts were unusually empty and can only be compared to a usual drive on the street at hours after midnight. The closure of non essential businesses affected many restaurants and schools. Restaurants face potential of danger of shutting down and less revenue from less customers due to dining in was banned. Take out and delivery was encouraged by local celebrities and community leaders but it wasn't enough to sustain for many businesses, data from the FRED suggests. Unemployment rises to 36% prompting many people to say it's a Depression. Schools and Universities are closed and the switch to online classes face heated criticism from students saying they cannot learn effectively.

"We have no idea how long it will last," Ari says , "Please calm well get thru this. Remember to stay eight feet away from people and I know ALL OF YOU ARE ANGRY THAT YOU HAVE LONG LINES AT YOUR GROCERY STORE but we need to be safe."

The outbreak from China prompted racism attacks, beatings against Asians by baseball bats.
One women we spoke to shared, "My fiancé, Lee," Fabiola Mendez rubbing Lee's shoulder, "Was trying to get back to from work and went to the bank but a Latino man in his 20's beat him up with baseball bat because he was an Asian and called him Coronavirus and wished him to go back to China. I've known Yang Lee briefly from middle school and since college junior year. He's live here all his life, why can't we give our Asian Borovans any respect?"

With the situation not looking clear and the infected and death toll rising, leaders and citizens face critical face of changing circumstances from each affecting personally.

[Drongonia]

Supreme Court Rules Trans Flag Burning "Free Speech"
Christchurch // Alex Bateman [@animefan1987] - Published on April 4, 2020 (10:58pm)

A still frame from the video, showing the flag being burned. (Photo - Twitter)

19 Year old Trent Harris was released from police custody today after the Supreme Court ruled that his act of aggression towards the LGBT community was justified under the Bill of Rights as a form of free expression. In December of last year, Harris and multiple friends staged a gathering, which they claimed was a claimed was a protest, outside of the LGBTQ+ Institute of Drongonia, in Dunedin. Harris would later upload the video to social media site Twitter, claiming it to be a declaration that "degenerates aren't welcome in Drongonia".

The court heard testimony from members of the institute who were inside at the time, who told the court that they were "fearful for their [our] lives". Those same individuals also told the court that Harris and his friends were screaming and yelling what they described as "hateful and hurtful slurs" into the windows of the institute's offices, however this is a claim Harris refutes and the court saw no evidence in support of.

Supreme Court Judge Keith Fischer delivered the comprehensive verdict clearing the man of any legal wrongdoing, stating the following in his summary:

"What Mr. Harris did could be judged by any reasonable person to be of considerably poor taste, however, no individuals were injured or otherwise harmed as a result of the act, and no property damage occurred. By all substantiate accounts, the gathering which occurred on the day in question could be considered to have been peaceful in nature and in defence of the accused's personal beliefs.

By that virtue, the gathering, as well as all the actions undertaken during its duration, could be considered to be a free expression of personal protest, which is considered to be protected under the Bill of Rights Act 1951, specifically in sections seven and nine, which cover freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly.

Furthermore, I vehemently disagree with the suggestion by the litigating parties that the act of simply showing disgust at another's' beliefs, even in a physical manner, is somehow a breach of the rights of that person or persons which the disgust is being directed towards. Saying so would set a dangerous future precedent in regards to the potential subversion of the freedoms we are all afforded by our Bill of Rights."

Mr. Harris' legal counsel, Judge John Rumsfeld SC, praised the ruling as a "win for freedom in Drongonia". The individuals bringing the claim against Mr. Harris declined to speak to FUX News or issue a public statement regarding the matter, only remarking that they were "disappointed with the ruling." The alleged victims in this case were granted interim name suppression by the court, which expires in 28 days from the date of the final ruling.

Statistics released by the LGBTQ+ Institute of Drongonia today show that according to their investigations, there have been over 10,000 incidences of what they classify as "homophobic, transphobic or otherwise discriminatory behaviour" in Drongonia during the 2019 calendar year alone. They also say that although LGBTQ+ individuals are believed to make up only 2.2% of the population, they make up over 33% of all suicides in the country, as well as 15% of all homicide victims and 20% of all victims of assault.

FUX News filed an official information request to the Ministry of Statistics, who replied stating that "We don't collect data on these types of incidents as they do not constitute a separate criminal act in themselves.

FUX ONLINE ISSUE POLL
Question asked: "Do you agree with the ruling of the court?"

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216,404 respondents - IP addresses are banned from voting more than once.

[Zhouran]

Providing An Enlightened Scientific Socialist Voice From A Political-Hardline Perspective 2020.04.05 An Early April Update On COVID-19 Pandemic And Why Neoliberals Are Incompetent As reactionaries and radlibs across the entire west become more restless while their flimsy free-market buckles, let's kindly take a look at the latest happenings in the west and see how sad their situation really is thanks to their ineffective capitalist system As of April 4, 2020, more than 1.19 million cases of COVID-19 have been reported in more than 200 countries and territories, resulting in more than 64,500 deaths. More than 246,000 people have recovered. Back before the World Health Organization recognized COVID-19 as a pandemic on March 11, 2020, Zhouran was one of the earliest nation on earth to prepare itself to respond to the highly-contagious diseas, all while the western world continued to mess around and barely implement any responses. Back in March 26, the Ministry of External Affairs of the People's Republic of Zhouran released a statement online, a several thousand-words long statement titled '2019–20 Coronavirus Pandemic: America's Poor Handling With The Viral Pandemic And How The Trump Administration Is Complicit With Spreading A Contagious Social Pandemic', condemning the incompetent & corrupt Trump regime of the US for its ridiculous inaction in dealing with the global coronavirus pandemic. By March 31, the Ministry of External Affairs announced that all exports of medical supplies to western nations including the United States will be 'cut off' and instead redistributed to nations in Asia and Africa as part of Zhouran's efforts in combating SARS-CoV-2, or in the mind of single-digit IQ neoliberal reactionary moutbreathers, the 'China Virus'. We are currently in April 5, and the western world continues to swim in its own pile of sh*t like the filthy petri dish they really are. Since we love to sh*t on reactionaries and radlibs here at WVR–Kaiming, it's another time for dunking on the west with 'FACTS & LOGIC'. Americans managed to steal Chinese-made face masks from the French only because the French unironically fell for US state propaganda stories about supposedely-bad quality of Chinese masks, and the French wanted to pay after the masks are delivered to France for inspection. Not only is this 'free press' brainwashing, but also late-stage capitalism-in-decay and free-market cancer. The Yankees wanted to pay several times above market price and wire the payment in advance, thus stealing the shipments away from the Frenchies. And if you thought that was bad, then wait until you hear about Germany, France and Brazil complaining about US piracy of PPEs while America continues to scoop up mask shipments like the resource-grabbing fat b*stards that rule their sh*tty incompetent braindead regime. Nothing is more satisfying than seeing the western world fight amongst themselves because of their bigotry, reactionary attitude, racism, and gross neoliberal incompetence. Taste your own medicine and go reap what you sow. China sends over 1,000 ventilators to crisis-hit New York as death-toll passes 3,500; UK deaths continue to rise. The Governor of NY even thanked China for the ventilators (although this is obviously less sincere and more about maintaining image). Looks like the US is now eating from the same hand it had been biting from the get-go. This is the absolute state of flip-flopping westerners. And no, this doesn't mean the west is having a change of heart, instead we call this 'being an opportunist' since this is what the westerners are doing when China shows them kindness and mercy. The Chinese are way too kind and should instead learn from us Zhouranese: "Never give westerners an inch for they will take a mile". Yankee clapburgers love boasting about how their sh*tty third-world corporate healthcare is "best most robust healthcare system in the world" yet no one believes that since literally everyone including Europeans know how much BS such statement really is. In comparison, Zhouran has a highly-effective state-of-the-art publicly-funded decentralized universal healthcare system (ranked as best in Asia and one of the best in the world) all thanks to the immortal socialist science of Kaimingism–Jinbuism. Funny how America lied about Chinese face masks being 'poorly-made' yet if that is the case then maybe they should stop stealing them from their supposed 'allies' in Europe. American delusion knows no bounds. If you think the yankee regime wasn't b*tchy and whiny enough, they even tried to order 3M to stop exporting facemasks to Canada/LatAm, to which 3M said NO. Just for everyone to know, the US can't order 3M to order 3M China to send facemasks to US, because 3M China is in China and subject to Chinese export laws. China just approved for 3M China to export to US around ten million facemasks. US got greedy and ordered 3M US to stop exporting facemasks to Canada/LatAm, only for 3M to kindly tell the US regime to go f*ck themselves. Gotta love neoliberal preachers disregarding the very core of their flimsy-ass 'free market'. Canada and LatAm control large portion of paper product exports to US. Specifically, the ACTUAL filter material in N95 facemasks bound for the US are produced by Canada. If US had imposed an export ban of facemasks to Canada, Canada would have retaliated by banning export of paper product to US that would cut off supply of component material for facemask production in US. 'Coronavirus Pandumbic' is how a famous American centrist-leaning talk-show summarizes the right-wing reactionary nut jobs in US comparing SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 to the flu and even the common cold... until three weeks ago. In fact, yankee reactionaries had been trying to play down the severity of the pandemic and make up stupid garbage for the past week until recently. And these mouthbreathing glue-munching troglodytes have the audacity to say that Wuhan should have been shut down in December. Funny enough, Anti-China chorus can't mask China's contributions to virus fight. Neoliberal capitalism is so flimsy that not only does it fail and looking after its own people but they can't even hide the true efficiency of socialism over that steaming pile of sh*t they call 'free-market'. The Republicans in the US have been devising an elaborate cover-up by blaming China, yet they failed to do it even properly and not only did these reactionary bootlickers f*cked their own citizens up the rear but even shot themselves in the foot. If China was the epicenter of COVID-19 the why does America have the most cases? Also why did they have a spate of 'vaping' related lung injuries which presented similarly as COVID-19? Why was the US react so slow to test their population despite knowing over two months that there is an influenza like virus spreading. A hundred Chinese scholars sent an open letter to the people of the US, but as always western-arrogance will prevent Americans from even listening to others. French doctors on western corporate TV state that a COVID-19 vaccine should be tested in Africa, "the same way AIDS treatments were experimented on prostitutes". And they call China's actions in Africa 'imperialistic'. Westerners have no morals or any soul (or even a brain). Two US navy hospital ships have only about 20 patients each because bureaucratic red tape is not allowing most patients onboard. In comparison, the ZPA Navy has deployed assets abroad with medics onboard in order to assist third-world nations in dealing with SARS-CoV-2. It's not surprising that the world's most powerful navy is effectively fighting the pandemic compared to yankee swimming boys. If you thought the US Navy couldn't even get anymore pathetic, then you are wrong bucko. Here's a video proving more evidence to the US being a literal 'sh*thole' - forcing homeless people to sleep in the streets while there are thousands of empty hotel rooms in Las Vegas. While USA is predictably spreading dumb conspiracy theories about China, scientific studies from China, Japan, Italy & Iceland show that 20-50% of people with COVID-19 are asymptomatic. The wide range is due to many reasons - age, genetics, pre-existing conditions etc. What this means is that every country is vastly undercounting, however Zhouran has done tens of millions of tests and extensive contact tracing, which means that Zhouranese statistics are better than western statistics by several orders of magnitude. Zhouranese people are also generally healthier than Americans, who eat too much and are generally unfit (the average Zhouranese spends way more time exercising than American counterparts and eat more healthy traditional food compared to yanks and their obesity-inducing junk-food garbage). The US has been hiding the true availability number of its inventory of PPEs because it doesn't want its own people to rebel against the incompetence of their own reactionary neoliberal regime, and this is KILLING Americans who really need the PPEs. Nurses and doctors don't have them, not even their weak-ass flimsy military has them. Even the US regime itself and their lackeys don't have them and don't even keep distance. In comparison, everyone in Zhouran is wearing face masks (and all of these masks are proudly made in Zhouran themselves), ranging from ordinary civilians to healthworkers to even the military personnel of the world's most powerful military (the Zhouranese People's Army). Heck, ZPA military medics and workers from the Ministry of Health and Ministry of National Emergency are known to be so heavily-clad in PPE that they've been given the nickname 'HazMat Warriors' due to the fact that they wear their PPE protectively and tightly to the point that no part of their skin is exposed, meanwhile in the US their healthworkers have to wear garbage bags and basic gowns that could barely protect them from SARS-CoV-2. China had increased their mask production by 90 million a day while in Zhouran the daily mask production has been bolstered to 68 million per day. European officials have said that the United States has been ready to outbid buyers who have already signed deals for medical shipments abroad. In France and Germany, senior officials said the United States was paying far above the market price for masks. This is the core problem of America's individualist anti-socialist mindset right there: "f*ck everyone else". Maybe instead of spending months golfing, bombing innocent non-westerners abroad and calling it a hoax their country could have prepared for this. Hundreds of thousands of yanks wouldn't have to die, but in the end reactionaries only care about capital and themselves. If you think this was bad, wait until you hear about American doctos saying that their hospitals are preventing them from wearing masks (we like to call that 'special murder'). In comparison, Zhouranese healthworkers are literally in full-body PPE, thus effectively protecting them from SARS-CoV-2. If you thought the US reactionary regime couldn't get any worse, then you are dead wrong. America has gone full mask-off and are trying to stop our Cuban comrades from actually fighting SARS-CoV-2, and yet thousands of Americans are getting infected left & right. This is your mind on neoliberal imperialist brainworms. Also a quick reminder on why America is literally a fascist rogue state, and we don't mind a smart one, but rather a really cringey dumb fascist rogue state instead. If there really was a global competition for Darwinian Award For Nations, then America would top that list all the way. USA! USA! Amiright? COVID-19 has made it nearly impossible for the West to 'shift production' out of China. The Grandiose plan from US was to essentially 'take my toys home', force Western companies to open factories in the West, close factories in China, thus 'shifting production' out of China. Even before the virus, the plan had a big problem. Western companies don't actually own factories in China. Many like Apple just subcontract factories from local companies. Others actually own minority stakes in factories that bear their name, with the local Chinese partners owning majority share (Intel China for example). So, effectively Western companies can't actually 'close' their Chinese factories. If they attempted to open new factories in the West, they would actually go into competition against their Chinese partners/subcontractors, who have much more experience in manufacturing. Now with the virus: The Opening of New factories becomes a problem: Traveling is now non-existent, so how to pull together new factories? It's not happening. No one want to travel. and you can't open new factories by remote teleconferencing. This is the absolute state of late-stage capitalism-in-decay, and if any tinpot radlib reactionary nation boasts about moving factories out of China then they're literally engaging in BS propaganda. Also let's thank Comrade Corona for destroying capitalism one microbe at a time. How can CUCKpitalists even compete with superior BROcalism. Comments (13,386) MalcolmX2324 Posadist Revolution when? The ZPA is the largest most powerful military in the world with the most powerful arsenal of highly-advanced nuclear missiles capable of breaching any and all anti-ballistic missile defenses. Like what our Chinese comrades say: 'Destroy The Old And Forge A New'. pravdaprivyet Zhouran Renmin Gongheguo Wansui! BrassBear While socialist states like China, Zhouran, and Cuba are too busy contributing to the fight against the pandemic, westerners are too busy arguing like little toddlers lmao. Absolute state of western liberal representative DEMOCRAZY bwahahaha. WhipperWhacker America stealing masks to hoard for themselves? How shocking lmao. In other news, water is wet. Click to see more...

[Drongonia]

OOC Opinion: Zhouran's News Subpar Considering the Brains Behind the Beast
Auckland, NZ // Me. - Published on April 4, 2020 (10:58pm)


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I usually try to stay neutral in this thread, and have very rarely ever (if ever) taken a shot at another nation's news for any reason, but the news coming out of Zhouran is absolutely ridiculous, and it's sad. Why is it sad? The writing style and effort put into producing these pieces are top-tier. There is a story produced at least weekly, if not bi-daily, which is of very good quality, and there is even a well-written and realistic comments section included. This says to the reader that the person behind the news is a very competent writer, and could even pursue a job with the Chinese Communist Party's propaganda wing if they desired.

One other thing I would like to point out before we delve into the actual contents of the article are the use of flimsy and at best biased sources, such as memes from known cesspit Reddit, "Left Review Online" and various people's Twitter-based opinions. FUX News, and by extension - I, will not present any information until there are a range of reliable sources reporting on something, so both myself and the readers are able to get the facts.

Getting into the issues with the information presented, let's use the latest article (entitled: An Early April Update On COVID-19 Pandemic And Why Neoliberals Are Incompetent). The title says it all really. Yes, neoliberals are awful and incompetent, but the title is at best misleading and at worst an outright lie, as the article goes a little beyond the scope of blaming "neoliberals" for the crisis situation being faced in the West in regards to the Chinese coronavirus.

Getting into the subtitle, it attempts to slam-dunk capitalism and the west right out of the gate. Let's get this straight, I'm not a fan of the free market. I am a fan of small-business focussed, government-regulated capitalism where people are encouraged to excel via the desire to profit, but where businesses aren't able to exploit individuals to fill their trillion dollar coffers. Anyway, let's continue. The subtitle calls the free market "flimsy", which is not necessarily true. It has excelled for many decades, albeit at the detriment to the working man, and it's not going anywhere any time soon. As we saw during the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, the WW2-era economy and the great depression, markets change. Things will return to normal in time.

The subtitle continues by calling the situation of the west "sad". Let's contrast the "sad" situation in the west with the Chinese situation, which could be interpreted as being "happy" if we're contrasting. According to the British Home Office, China may have more than 40 times as many cases as they're letting on. There is more evidence of Chinese wrongdoing of course, with China being accused of killing, or at the very least "disappearing" doctors and insiders who are coming out against the official state numbers and talking points. Strangely, none of this was mentioned in the communist mouthpiece publication.

Getting past their IC recollection of events, they have the gall to suggest that the French wanting to inspect the quality of Chinese facemasks is somehow dishonest, and "US state propaganda", despite the US government never actually issuing any statement regarding the quality of Chinese medical equipment. Maybe they were referring to the very real, non-propaganda events coming out of Holland, Turkey, Spain, Australia and the Czech Republic in regards to sub-par Chinese medical equipment. Let's focus on the Dutch incident right now, as it's the most relevant. The Dutch government was forced to recall 600,000 P2/N95 standard masks purchased from a Chinese manufacturer, as they were considered unfit for use among Dutch front-line medical staff and failed to meet the required safety standards. Putting that into perspective, one of these masks is usually worn for about an hour, meaning that a doctor might go through 8 - 10 of these masks per day if they are on the front-line treating infected individuals. Going with nine would give us a figure of just above 66,600 doctors being able to work fully protected for a day, assuming these masks were up to par - but they weren't.

They also then choose to touch on the subject of New York accepting ventilators from China, which is true. They attribute this to "flip-flopping westerners" without realising why this happened. In the United States, states have much more control over their own affairs than say, provinces of China would. This means that their governors, acting as a quasi-President of the state, are actually permitted to seek or accept aid of this kind from any nation around the world, or another state within the country, without seeking the approval of the federal government. The Trump administration was not happy with this decision, but this has nothing to do with a change of heart from anyone. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was always going to accept help from China, and there's little if anything the federal government can do to prevent this.

Personally, I'm a proponent of Universal Healthcare so I would tend to agree with what's being said here in regards to the American healthcare system, so let's take a moment to share in some rare agreement and laugh at the American healthcare system together. In late 2019, researchers from a variety of institutions got together to create a propaganda piece called the GHS Index, which ranks each country on its preparedness for pandemics. Funny timing, eh? Anyhow, the United States is of course, ranked first in the world, with the UK coming in at #2. The institute has the gall to place New Zealand, which has a much higher life expectancy as well as much higher physical ability to control its borders, at #35. New Zealand even now has just a touch over 1,000 cases of COVID-19, while the United States has over 310,000 (310x more for a country 65x as large). Russia is placed at #65, likely because "Russia bad", and China is placed at #51, although it should probably be lower. The index even places Norway 16th (above Sweden), despite having a world-class health system that the US could only dream of. To put this all into perspective, the US government actually spends more per capita on its citizens' health than any other nation (2.08x that of Canada, 2.1x Australia, 2.36x the UK and 2.75x as much as New Zealand), yet lacks any visible results to show for it.

Now, for some more agreement and then a bit of disagreement, the US telling 3M to stop exporting masks under the Defence Protection Act, is actually a reasonable course of action to take. Americans are suffering and I would suggest Zhouranian writers throw their blame the way of 3M, who seem to want to put profits over saving the lives of millions of Americans, and protecting front-line medical staff.

Moving onto the article's suggestion that the Daily Show with Trevor Noah is centrist. Noah himself is a leftist who describes himself as "a progressive person", and who runs a charity which provides money to social-justice causes in South Africa, which are not necessarily good or bad, but definitely not a right-leaning thing to do. Why did I bring this up? As someone who has been unfortunate enough to have watched his show on numerous occasions, he routinely dunks on (or tries to) US President Donald Trump in every single show. It's not that Trump isn't worth criticising or poking fun at (he definitely is), but it's drivel. On and on Noah goes, making the same jokes as the rest of his Hollywood elite friends. If he is who you're getting your unbiased substantiate info from, you're likely better to be looking at InfoWars.

The article continues by touching on the state of the US Navy's hospital ships, which are meant to be filled with patients who aren't suffering from COVID-19, but the NY Times story provided glosses over an important detail. Yes, the bureaucratic red tape of the US Armed Forces is atrocious, but those ships aren't outfitted to be Intensive Care Units, nor are they equipped to fight infectious diseases. People in New York are being told to stop going out, and for many people that means they don't want to go to the hospital, for fear of breaking the law or being infected with COVID-19. The prime reason there are likely no patients on the ships are because nobody's showing up.

Now, as an aside, you may have noticed that I conveniently skipped over a decent portion of the article I'm writing this piece about, but that's not because I got epicly owned halal gamer style, not at all. My first reason for not replying is time, as I don't have all the time to sit here and write this reply, as it's already taken me the best part of an hour of research and writing so far. Also, I largely agree with it. The United States has handled this crisis awfully, both at home and abroad. They stole aid from their allies in Europe, stopped Cuba from getting aid in this drastic time of need, don't have enough PPE to go around, have homeless in the streets suffering, and have rogue elements such as the NYPD operating in lunacy purely because the city and state government lets them get away with it.

However, is this the fault of the US' citizens? No. Is this the fault of "the west"? No. America sucks. China also sucks. The west doesn't.

Finally, let's address some of those issues with the quality of Chinese medical equipment I alluded to earlier:
■ More than $800,000US worth of Chinese faulty or counterfeit (not meeting the appropriate standard) medical equipment was seized at the Australian border.
■ Turkey recently rejected Chinese COVID-19 rapid test kits over their laughable quality, with a detection rate as low as 30%.
■ Bioeasy, one of China's leading medical manufacturers, provided faulty test kits to Spain as part of a $467 million USD purchase of medical equipment.
■ 80% of COVID-19 test kits recently donated to the Czech Republic were faulty.

Of course, Zhouran would rather focus on calling America fascist than addressing the failings and questionable information coming out of the Chinese government.

[Zhouran]

Providing An Enlightened Scientific Socialist Voice From A Political-Hardline Perspective 2020.04.06 Reacting To A Hit Piece Attempting To Debunk The Facts A foreign news rival, of which we will kindly not call out their name, writes up an article as a reaction to our recent COVID-19 related article, this time from a different perspective An oversimplified image of how some nations are reacting to COVID-19 When you pour salt all over a slug, the creature will recoil and shrivel up as it dies from the amount of salt being poured on top of it. It’s the same thing when you call out the flaws of capitalism and its bootlicking followers will recoil and handwave criticism by using re-hashed responses ranging from no-true scotsman fallacy of “That’s Not Real Capitalism, That’s Just Crony Capitalism” to “BUT MUH NORTH KOREA, MUH VENEZUELA, SOCIALISM BAD”. When you strike deep into the heart of western capitalism you strike the nerves of those who worship on the altar of the free-market. One western corporate news group in particular got their panties in a twist by trying to handwave criticism of the west’s handling of COVID-19 by simply going “but ‘Murica sucks, Chyna sucks, muh two sides of same coin argument”. We kindly call these people ‘centrists’ or ‘liberals’, mistaken as being ‘leftist’ by reactionaries to the point that liberals now unironically think of themselves as leftist too. But let’s not delve into the news writer, but rather, at the hit-piece article instead and go point-by-point to go across the article quickly. Before we go take a look at this article, let’s applaud the writer for thinking that a socialist nation is a political monolith, nevermind that just like with capitalist nations, socialist nations also have their own forms of factionalism. For Zhouran, there’s the political-moderate and political-hardline. Not to mention that Zhouran doesn’t have a single source of news and instead has various news sources, but for neoliberals out there it’s easier to lazily disregard socialist media as ‘propaganda mouthpiece’ and over-generalize the politics of other nations as a ‘mere monolith’ without needing to fire a couple neurons in their brain. We don’t know if the writer is ICly being deliberate or is OOCly too lazy to learn about another nation, but it’s most likely the latter since the writer also thinks that Zhouran and China are the same nation. Kinda serves as a reminder of how westerners can’t tell Asians apart, but that’s what happens when you’re too arrogant to learn about the cultures of non-white nations. Anyway, let’s get right into the news… So one of the first things you see is that apparently if you criticize the west you’re a ’50 Cent Army CCP shill’, a braindead low IQ response made by both radlibs and reactionaries because it’s easy to parrot and requires no usage of higher brainpower at all. Real classy. The writer claims to use ‘unbiased’ news source from, you guessed it, western corporate media, not to mention that the writer literally handwave actual criticism from even left-wing sources, but what do you expect from corporate bootlickers who think that western corporate propaganda is ‘unbiased’ and ‘rational’. At least the writer admits that neoliberals are awful, but at the same time implies later on that ‘bad capitalism’ is what neoliberals do and that ‘good capitalism’ exists from local businesses. This will be brought up later on. The writer claims to not be a fan of the free-market, but then goes on to support ‘small-business regulated capitalism’, in other words, ‘capitalism with extra steps and a smiley face on top’. Yeah, small businesses are so cool and un-crony, screw the big bourgeoisie, let’s worship the petit bourgeoisie instead like this kind hoarding gentleman or them ‘hard-working’ family-owned farms. Remember, capitalism is capitalism regardless of what flimsy façade it’s putting up. Also, the writer says he/she isn’t a fan of the free market, but low & behold, still defends the free market because capitalists simply think that way. Yes, markets change, but that’s one of the numerous problems with capitalism. A change in the market isn’t a good thing as hard-working people get screwed over while capitalists get bail-out money from, you guessed it, THE GOVERNMENT. Geez, it’s as if the free-market is just really crappy and that neoliberal nations need government intervention just to barely function at all. Capitalism is neoliberalism no matter how much corporate cheerleaders try to pull a no-true-scotsman fallacy. Comrade Corona has kindly showed us the absolute state of capitalism and how capitalism sucks at handling a massive pandemic. Huh, it’s as if business-centric models of economy don’t give a damn about ordinary lives compared to human-centric models of economy. Really makes you think, huh? On to the part where the writer claims that the situation in China isn’t “good” compared to that in the west. Ah yes, the “CCP ain’t providing real numbers” meme, another mouthbreathing response from radlibs and reactionaries that doesn’t require the usage of a single brain cell. Doesn’t make it any better by the usage of biased western corporate media, yeah real ‘unbiased’ there. The World Health Organization & Canada’s health minister both praise China’s response to the pandemic, while pseudo-fascist Viktor Orban personally welcomes the arrival of supplies from China as a token of respect. Some Western Europeans are starting to feel the heat on the EU’s response to the outbreak, like these ordinary Italians throwing away the EU flag and rising the Chinese flag instead due to China’s assistance to Italy compared to that of the EU’s. Also, another talking point western corporate propaganda loves to peddle is that the “CCP is silencing and kidnapping all doctors who speak out” and other falsified source-less claims. Yeah, it’s as if these doctors are spending more time doing their jobs and less time smearing sh*t on social media like what radlib and reactionary pundits do. If Chinese whistleblower doctors exist, then Dr Ai Fen should of disappeared for days now, except that in reality she’s literally not and she actually does livestreams and updates on her personal Weibo account. Let’s try and understand the ‘logic’ (lack of) of western propaganda: Why would China falsify its numbers? Why would the CCP kidnap and silence doctors? What is the end goal of the CCP in this pandemic? If you ask these questions to neoliberals, they’ll spout out conspiracy not out of their rear but surprisingly out of their mouths instead. Cherrypicking and creative accounting: debunking western media disinformation about China's death tolls. Claim: 40,000 COVID-19 deaths in Wuhan alone The claim that 40,000 people died due to covid-19 in Wuhan is making the rounds on western mainstream and social media (example: businessinsider). The original source of this claim is from a Radio Free Asia article. These are based on extrapolations of cremation data. Radio Free Asia is American state-sponsored CIA-backed agitprop media, but let's entertain their numbers. RFA provides 3 estimates around 40,000. Let's examine each. 42,000 deaths: ”Since the start of the week, seven large funeral homes in Wuhan have been handing out the cremated remains of around 500 people to their families every day, suggesting that far more people died than ever made the official statistics. Some social media posts have estimated that all seven funeral homes in Wuhan are handing out 3,500 urns every day in total. Funeral homes have informed families that they will try to complete cremations before the traditional grave-tending festival of Qing Ming on April 5, which would indicate a 12-day process beginning on March 23. Such an estimate would mean that 42,000 urns would be given out during that time.” Here, RFA assumes that - each funeral home in Wuhan gives out 500 urns of ashes each day - every day is exactly the same during a 12-day period - all 7 funeral home is exactly the same - 7 * 12 * 500 = 42,000 46,800 deaths: ”It can't be right ... because the incinerators have been working round the clock, so how can so few people have died?" an Wuhan resident surnamed Zhang told RFA on Friday. Another popular estimate is based on the cremation capacity of the funeral homes, which run a total of 84 furnaces with a capacity over 24 hours of 1,560 urns city-wide, assuming that one cremation takes one hour. This calculation results in an estimated 46,800 deaths.” The math here seems incompletely, but a quick look at Falun Gong media (Crazed cult group rightfully banned by China’s government) provides the answer: ” 另据自由亚洲电台报道，如果以焚化炉数量推算，武汉七座殡仪馆84个火化炉，假设65炉可正常工作 Translation: According to RFA, if we extrapolate based on furnace count, Wuhan's 7 funeral homes have 84 furnaces, assume 65 furnaces can operate normally” Here, RFA (and Falun Gong) assumes that - All funeral homes cremate bodies 24-7 non-stop - each cremation takes 1 hour - 65 out of 84 furnaces work continuously (why 65?) - This happened non-stop for 30 days - 65 * 24 * 30 = 46,800 40,000 deaths: ” Social media users have been doing some basic math to figure out their daily capacity, while the news website Caixin.com reported that 5,000 urns had been delivered by a supplier to the Hankou Funeral Home in one day alone -- double the official number of deaths. Some social media posts have estimated that all seven funeral homes in Wuhan are handing out 3,500 urns every day in total. A resident of Hubei province, of which Wuhan is the capital, said most people there now believe that more than 40,000 people died in the city before and during the lockdown.” But this doesn't seem to add up. A look at some other media articles, such as this Time article, reveal that this calculation uses 8 funeral homes: ” The families of those who succumbed to the virus in the central Chinese city, where the disease first emerged in December, were allowed to pick up their cremated ashes at eight local funeral homes starting this week. As they did, photos circulated on Chinese social media of thousands of urns being ferried in.” - 5,000 urns delivered to 1 funeral home - all 8 funeral homes are the same - 5,000 * 8 = 40,000 It doesn't take a genius to see that there are wild assumptions being made in these estimates, it’s as if anti-CCP propaganda is churning out low-quality crap into the toilet they call ‘free & unbiased western media’. Though not explicitly stated, these articles imply that all 40,000 dead are due to covid-19. This is certainly the conclusion that many on social media draw from these articles. It is as if no other forms of death are allowed in Wuhan during these 2 months. Where did the 5,000 urns and 3,500 urns figures come from? These figure came from Caixin. The 5,000 urns were delivered from the supplier to the funeral homes recently after the deceased have already died and cremated, so I don't see the relevance of this figure in the estimates. The 3,500 urns figure largely came from counting urns from this Caixin photo of the Hankou funeral home. You can get 3,500 urns if you consider all these boxes urns and count generously. ”Outside one funeral home, trucks shipped in about 2,500 urns on both Wednesday and Thursday, according to Chinese media outlet Caixin. Another picture published by Caixin showed 3,500 urns stacked on the ground inside. It’s unclear how many of the urns had been filled. (time)” These estimates also assume that all Wuhan funeral homes are exactly the same. This is not the case. A government directive published on Feb 4 stated that since January 26 (3 days after Wuhan lockdown), all covid-19 deaths must be cremated at the Hankou funeral home, and other deaths must be cremated elsewhere: ” 全员上岗，全力做好疫情防控的服务保障工作。对殡仪馆的分工进行了调整，汉口殡仪馆负责全市因新型冠状病毒感染的肺炎死亡患者遗体处理工作，在馆内开通专用通道和专用火化炉，从1月26日起免收因新型冠状病毒感染的肺炎死亡患者遗体基本殡葬服务费;武昌殡仪馆负责汉口片区正常遗体处理工作;青山殡仪馆负责武昌片区正常遗体处理工作。” Ironic that this information was also published on Caixin, where western media cherrypicked a lot of other figures from. The Hankou funeral home is also where the photos containing the "3,500 urns" came from; if all coronavirus deaths are cremated at the Hankou funeral home, the 3,500 figure is within the same ball park as the official count of 2,535 deaths. Claim: 21 million COVID-19 dead in China This one is pretty ridiculous, but it doesn't stop it from being spread all over disreputable social media (example: laowhy86). This claim is based on the fact that 21 million cell accounts were terminated between November and February. But let's look at the actual data. This is the data for November 2019 by region, and this is the data for February 2020 by region; all figures in 10,000. As you can see, there is indeed a 21,030,000 drop in mobile accounts. However, you'd expect Hubei, the epicenter of the outbreak, to be hit the hardest by this mass dying. Instead, Hubei only see the deactivation of 1,265,000 mobile accounts. Where as Guangdong saw the deactivation of 8,269,000 accounts and Sichuan saw the deactivation of 2,214,000 accounts. Anyone from Guangdong to verify that your province is actually the true epicenter of the covid-19 pandemic? Here is a logical explanation for the drop in mobile subscriptions from AP: ”It was mainly due to reduced business and social activities resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak,” a spokesperson with the company confirmed to the AP. “Many customers in China have multiple SIM cards and it is common that they use their non-primary SIM cards to do these activities.” Continuing on about the falsified BS regarding China’s supposed “fake numbers”, if that’s the case then why are the number of coronavirus cases they exported not showing that? Late January-early February constituted the majority of Chinese cases for those bothered to screen and track to prevent outbreak. For neoliberals out there with single-digit IQs: Imported Coronavirus Cases From China To Other Countries Are Relatively Low, Showing that China Is Not Massively Undercounting Its Cases. Plus just look at the numbers in this screenshot and this is despite the fact that western nations have smaller populations than China. While not the deliberate intention of the writer, the unintentional implication that any defective face masks from one Chinese manufacturer being somehow representative of all face masks from other Chinese manufacturers is quite strong in the article. Ironically enough if Chinese masks were so ‘defective’ and ‘low-quality’ then how come every western nation is still desperate for more Chinese-made face masks including the US? How come the US is willing to pay big bucks to divert shipments of Chinese-made face masks to the US rather than Europe? If the free-market was so superior then how come western medical companies still fail to supply the entire world with face masks and not increase production at sky-high levels? You could keep asking such questions to radlibs and reactionaries, but they’d rather pull off a Houdini instead. The writer just subconsciously admitted that decentralization of national control is inferior to the centralization of national control. The fact that the federal government of the US failed to do anything proper about the pandemic and how each state has to fight for survival is enough to show how shoddy decentralization is. At least in China, the national government reprimanded the local Hubei officials for not reacting quickly enough to SARS-CoV-2. Ah yes, the BS falsified GHS index in which apparently the west was supposed to be well-prepared for the outbreak compared to China. Yeah, just look at those numbers, the west was definitely so prepared for this outbreak, it’s as if the western world had two months to prepare themselves for the pandemic but took long because they thought the Asia would be more affected than they are because ‘west so rich, foreigners so poor’, yet unironically enough it’s the western world that got f*cked harder by SARS-CoV-2 instead of poorer nations. Huh, really makes you think, doesn’t it? Also, kinda funny for the writer to handwave America’s massive number of COVID-19 cases by stating that they have a bigger population than New Zealand, funny enough China has a billion people and yet they’re doing better than the entire western world. Again, it really makes you think. The writer thinks the Defense Protection Act is there to solve America’s pathetically low amount of PPEs. If the Americans were smart enough, they’d throw away the need for profit and actually just bolster their own production of PPE, but instead like the leeches they are they are paying a lot of money to divert shipments of Chinese medical supplies to the US rather than Europe. A centrist is not a ‘leftist’, they are centrists who are still complicit in the neoliberal system. It doesn’t matter how much they make fun of reactionary politicians and calling the US president “Orange Man Bad”, centrist liberals are still complicit in maintaining the system of capitalism like their reactionary counterparts. Pretending to be “woke” & “progressive” doesn’t make you left wing, especially if you are too busy parroting CIA/NED propaganda about “socialist states bad” and supporting western institutions of power such as banks, corporations, western police, western military, etc. If Bernie Sanders was a “socialist” (in reality he’s a social-democrat pretending to be a socialist just like most western ‘socialists’) then that means Anarcho-Capitalists really are ‘anarchists’ (protip: they’re not). At least the writer admits to bad bureaucracy existing in the US Navy, but what if we told you that it’s so bad that the US Navy literally fired the USS Theodore Roosevelt captain days after he pleaded for help for sailors with coronavirus for merely telling the truth (whistleblowing). Funny that all that talk about being transparent and China “rounding up whistleblowers” is nothing but a mere projection of western governments, just like their projections about China making up fake numbers. The infected carrier may point to COVID being at San Diego in early or mid January: ”The deployment history of the COVID-infected carrier, USS Roosevelt, shows that it embarked from San Diego on Jan17, and had an intermediate stop at the US military base at Guam island from Feb7 to Feb10. After discovering COVID on the ship, it returned to Guam on Mar27. So, the Roosevelt sailors were either infected at San Diego before Jan17, or got infected at Guam in Feb7-Feb10. We can rule out the latter possibility, since the first reported case of COVID at Guam was March 15, more than month after the Guam port of call.” COVID-19 pandemic in Guam. If Guam didn't have COVID in February, then we must conclude that the virus was present at the San Diego base in mid January or even earlier, in late 2019. This is possible given the incubation period, in which symptoms don't appear for around two weeks; and patients with developed symptoms may not have been diagnosed on the ship, or had been misdiagnosed as regular pneumonia. If that's true, then the timeline suggests it may be an outbreak independent of Wuhan. Perhaps the reason the carrier commander was fired was failing to deal with early signs of COVID infection. This is a very interesting case, since the carrier's deployment history gives us precise dates for isolating when the virus got on board the ship. And more broadly, it can fill in the timeline for COVID cases on US territory. The writer largely skips a chunk of texts by stating “I don’t have time to research them all” and “I largely agree with it”. We will kindly respect the writer for his/her honesty and for not telling a lie. Even if the writer did use sources from western corporate media, that still doesn’t mean the writer is lying. However at the same time the writer comes to the baseless fence-sitting conclusion that “Chyna Bad, Murica Bad” while propagating certain sources from the US. Being a fence-sitting centrist and not taking sides doesn’t make you woke or above the left or right. Plus, the writer seems to only bother at looking our most recent COVID-19 article and not the articles written before it which also have additional info. Anyway, the topic of the argument isn’t any particular news group or writer, but rather the topic is instead the specific arguments laid out on the article. Since the write claims that Chinese medical supplies are supposedly “low quality”, that still doesn’t answer the fact that many nations especially US and various European nations are still accepting Chinese supplies. If the EU was supposedly well-prepared for this outbreak, then how come there are Italians who are more satisfied with China’s assistance than the EU’s? How come 67.3% of Slovaks believe China helps Slovakia in fighting COVID19, with 26.5% believing China is very helpful and 55.9% of Slovaks believe EU is not helping? Let’s think about it for a second. All of the EU member states aren’t individually industrial giants like China or the US, fair enough. But even when combined into a big union, somehow the EU can’t even supply its own medical equipment to its own members and just like the US most of the member states took long to respond efficiently. The only EU member state that actually responded competently was Germany, the same European nation that didn’t shut its borders to China. Going back to whistleblowers, western corporate propaganda loves peddling this big meme of the CCP silencing whistleblower doctors, yet here we are: The true hero and whistleblower in the Coronavirus saga is ... Dr. Helen Chu of Seattle. She disregarded the cease and desist order from US gov and tested people and found the first community transmission case in the US. Without her, the situation would have been much worse. The US is like the titanic that saw the iceberg 3 miles out (3 months ago) and did nothing thinking its indestructible then when the ship got hit and sinking fast, it started the blame game like, Chitanic didn't tell us how big the iceberg was, Chitanic covered up the size of its damaged hole, Chitanic this, Chitanic that. While American ‘intelligence’ (or lack of to be more accurate) peddles myths about China hiding its true numbers, American doctors on the other hand will lose their jobs if they speak out. The great American Empire with an annual military budget of $800 billion can't even provide basic PPE for nurses who're battling COVID-19 in the frontlines, thus those hardworking healthworkers such as this poor nurse had two choices: either stop wearing her N95 mask or get fired. She quit. Now compared that to China where healthworkers are starting to return home after risking their lives on the frontline. Some westerners are starting to wake up, though not all of them as western governments are too arrogant to even admit the effective response conducted by a socialist non-white state like China. Funny enough, all that reaping of resources from the Global South means that the west can boast about having a ‘superior system’ (despite such system being built from resources taken away from the Global South since the era of colonialism) and yet Comrade Coron… er, SARS-CoV-2 has shown the opposite. Some western writers are admitting to the reality, like this man: “Decisions on what is appropriate need to be made by experts and need to be based on science. This is exactly the wrong time to allow geopolitical rivalries and a specious belief the West is in an “existential systems competition” with China to colour our analysis of best practices for containing this crisis to the extent that simply recounting what the Chinese have done is labeled propaganda.” The existence of capitalism is literally on a tight walk-rope because of COVID-19. For the future of the EU’s economy, they’re smart enough to be at least cooperative with China, which means that EU could still be economically functional but with a slow-moving economy of course. America on the other hand is at greater risk of stagnation and recession, simply because of their own government. They way US economy is set up is that you have a vast underclass living paycheck to paycheck and working overtime constantly in order to make rent. Rent then goes to a small amount of real estate owners who in turn pay it to the regime through taxes. The regime has connections with all major companies which employ the underclass. In order to quell rebellion, the leaders also have complete media control over the underclass, convincing them they are living their best possible existence and how every other scary foreigner is out to end their (slave) way of life. This setup funnels all the money into the elites in the government and company higher ups while keeping people obedient. But what happens now is that people cannot work, and their wallets have been stretched so thin there's no buffer. Rent cannot be paid, and companies start collapsing, starting from the small ones which don't have deep connection with Washington. Their media can say anything but it becomes hollow when people don't have necessities. They can plainly see for themselves that everything is not OK. The end result is that all the cash generating mechanisms will fall apart, leaving the lower and middle class in anarchy and totally bankrupt while oligarchs will still sit on big piles of money and assets, but they will be worthless because their companies cannot mobilize workers. Even if a ‘miracle’ happened (highly unlikely because the ‘invisible hand of the free market’ isn’t gonna save a nation compared to a centralized pragmatic government) and US oligarchs decided to redistribute wealth back to the people for the sake of the country (impossible since capitalism is all about profits and not the wellbeing of humans compared to socialism), it’s not that easy because you can't just give everyone 1 million dollars while there's no goods to buy with that money. Unless a larger economy like China or EU (in this case probably needs both) bails them out, the future looks very uncertain at best. Huh, capitalism killing innocent people, didn’t know that (inb4 “socialism bad cos stalin n mao genocided 10 gazillion people, the privileged bourgeoisie who fled to the west told me so”). This is the current state of capitalism right now. Sadly things might not go well for underdeveloped nations economic wise as the west continues to harvest and exploit their resources in order to take to the west and continue propping up the façade that the west is ‘wealthy because capitalism & hardwork’ even though China (a country that was impoverished at one point) became the powerhouse it is now by lifting millions out of poverty, building infrastructures such as highways and high-speed rail across even their less-developed provinces, and focusing on research & development, all thanks to pragmatic technocratic planning (a concept that doesn’t even exist in the west at large scale). In the end, the writer of that hit-piece article was simply doing his/her job and reaffirming his/her beliefs and bias. However, to go on about being 'impartial' & 'unbiased' is just intellectually dishonest and purely disingenuous. No one is unbiased, no news group is unbiased. People will always look for sources to reaffirm their biases because the last thing they want is having their view of reality shattered by facts & logic for facts & logic do not care about people's opinions. Fence-sitting doesn't mean you automatically win the game, that's like claiming you're the winner of a chess game by simply not participating in the first place and not taking sides. But hey, at least the article was decently written and the writer took the time to write it up in the first place. We kindly thank said writer for sparking a potential conversation, but sadly there's a high chance that others will simply derail it instead. Comments (0) Click to see more...

[Wochaystein]

RCE: Who is He?

RCE is a codeword that only a few individuals in the Holy Imperial Clandestine Service know about.

"It's all about the head", said one source. "What he really is doing here is putting the interests of the [state-controlled] company and his personal crony above the well being of the Empire."

Another insider close to the matter confirmed what the first two sources had said. "He has the Lord High Treasurer Feldman as one of his cronies. Feldman is virtually more of lobbyist on RCE's behalf than anything else, and he's good at what he does."

The insider added, "He's also got the backing of the National Lodge of Freemasonry. If that wasn't enough, they even have a (you wouldn't believe this) Imperial Master Thief Project."

[Drongonia]

COVID-19: Ministry of Health says "We haven't flattened the curve, we've destroyed it."
Christchurch // Hannah Smith [@hhsmithyy] - Published on April 6, 2020 (1:30pm)

A chart produced by FUX News based on Ministry of Health COVID-19 data. (Photo - FUX)

Health Minister Leah Driver chaired a press conference today, where she and other officials from the Ministry of Health announced that "Drongonia has not flattened the curve, we've destroyed it." This is referencing data released by the Ministry of Health yesterday which shows that the number of new COVID-19 cases in Drongonia has dropped dramatically over the past days, with today (April 6) seeing just 35 new COVID-19 cases reported even as testing has ramped up to 30,000 per day, with more than 500,000 individuals tested since the outbreak began in Drongonia two weeks ago.

Driver also took the chance to commend officials in the recently established English Island District Health Authority, who have so far managed to keep the rate of infection in the English Island area at zero throughout the outbreak. English Island was the first district to enter a total lockdown, with nobody allowed to enter from other areas of the country unless they were returning home, with all arrivals via port or airport being tested for COVID-19 using state-of-the-art rapid test kits which are able to give accurate results in just 15 minutes.

Officials from the Ministry of Health also took the time to explain that the spike of new cases seen on March 30th and 31st were not attributed to community outbreaks or clusters, but individuals returning home from overseas aboard special chartered Air Drongonia flights. These flights returned Drongonian citizens and permanent residents from Germany, Italy, Spain, France, the United States, the United Kingdom, South Korea, and Japan. Of the 329 new cases reported on March 30th, 162 originated from the inbound flights arriving from overseas with 167 being local in origin. Of the 314 new cases reported on March 31st, 191 originated from the inbound flights arriving from overseas with 123 being local in origin.

This positive news comes in the wake of the United States seeing some of its worst days in the crisis yet, with over 336,000 cases being logged at a whopping 1,018 cases per million. In comparison, Drongonia has 61.87 cases per million people. Drongonia has also seen no deaths as a result of COVID-19 infections, something which is yet to be seen in another nation with a similar population and case-load. It also comes in the wake of several socialist and communist news organisations from multiple countries who claim that a western democracy is unable to effectively contain the spread of diseases such as COVID-19.

Prime Minister Bill English also attended the press conference, and briefly talked about the looming possibility of lifting the national lockdown. When asked about this by a reporter, he replied with the following:
"It's very likely that Drongonia will be out of lockdown within the next 7 to 14 days, provided we don't see a sudden surge of new cases being reported. But, it's highly unlikely we're going to be lifting international travel restrictions any time soon. I know that returning to normality is very important to Drongonians, as well the Drongonian economy, but it's better to be safe than sorry."

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