Quadibloc
2020-03-29 17:50:30 UTC
News reports have condemned Donald Trump for noting that the novel coronavirus
came from mainland China. Other reports note that it is important to give the
disease and the virus a neutral name, to avoid stirring up violence against people
of Asian background.
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3900264
However, some Chinese people don't seem to agree.
Of course, in Taiwan, pretty much everybody already _is_ Chinese, and they're not
worried about stirring up hostility towards the People's Republic of China. So the
circumstances are different, and perhaps we shouldn't read too much into the fact
that they're unabashedly calling it the Wuhan coronavirus.
Meanwhile, in other news: India's response to the coronavirus is a total lockdown: including the grocery stores. So the poor can starve for the next two weeks. Narendra Modi has shown that it is possible to do a worse job than Donald Trump.
John Savard
came from mainland China. Other reports note that it is important to give the
disease and the virus a neutral name, to avoid stirring up violence against people
of Asian background.
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3900264
However, some Chinese people don't seem to agree.
Of course, in Taiwan, pretty much everybody already _is_ Chinese, and they're not
worried about stirring up hostility towards the People's Republic of China. So the
circumstances are different, and perhaps we shouldn't read too much into the fact
that they're unabashedly calling it the Wuhan coronavirus.
Meanwhile, in other news: India's response to the coronavirus is a total lockdown: including the grocery stores. So the poor can starve for the next two weeks. Narendra Modi has shown that it is possible to do a worse job than Donald Trump.
John Savard