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After the Chinese lost the battle of LAC to India in August 29/30, when India occupied Kailash Heights in Ladakh, the Chinese launched their propaganda offensive. They were unable to get the height(s) vacated hence propaganda was the only battle tactic they were left with. Their English language mouthpiece The Global Times was one of the key weapon. Furthermore, they have built an enormous network of influence in western media by spending an average of $10 billion a year over the past 10 to 12 years to get their point of view, no matter how false, broadcast or printed. In the past six weeks, there have been four glaring examples, three against India and one against Australia.
1. It was a surprise that a respected London media outlet, “The Times,” wrote an outright lie that the Chinese were using a “direct energy weapon” (microwave) at the LAC to chase Indian troops from the hills. The report was denied by the forward Indian troops at the LAC and also by the Chief of the Defense Staff that anything like that ever happened. Indian forces in most of the hill are adequately protected. The Direct Enegy Weapons are not advanced enough to reach from a distance and penetrate the bunkers and affect troops on the hill Features. They are only used for a limited demonstration of this type of weapon, for crowd control during a demonstration, etc. That was bad publicity for a non-existent weapon. Although there are reports of the Indian weapon «Kali» which is, in its infancy and needs a huge amount of energy (10 MW) to generate a ray strong enough to be effective. The Chinese were daydreaming. Ironically, the British media lowered themselves so low to publish a lie without checking it out. This means that the Brits are also taking Chinese money.
2. Another Chinese sponsored lie was published right after the above that Indian made radar set purchased by Armenia was in use during Azerbaijan – Armenia war. It failed to detect the incoming tiny armed drones from Azerbaijan. This was a Chinese outright lie. The Chinese were taking revenge on India for having published a report indicating that structural faults had been detected in most of the JF-17 manufactured by the Chinese in Pakistan after just 4 to 5 years of service. As a result of this report, the Chinese fabricated the Azerbaijani lie.
3. Another lie that was brought up by a group of lower-quality Chinese scientists was that COVID-19, instead of being from China, came from central India. The Chinese are badly stung by the reports that bat eating Chinese in Wuhan actually contracted it or maybe Chinese manufactured it in a laboratory and then spread it to the whole world. It has brought the world to a standstill and Chinese are accused of its deliberate spread. All commercial activities around the world have slowed down due to closures, lockdown and the enormous amount of money spent to keep people from starving to death. The Chinese are attempting to deflect the blame and have chosen India as the country to blame.
4. Australia is furious with the Chinese for posting a picture of an Australian soldier holding a knife to the throat of an Afghan boy. According to the Australians, that has never occurred. The photo tarnishes the Australian image, which they cannot tolerate. The immediate reason for this smear campaign against the Australians is that they willingly joined the Indian Ocean and Pacific “QUAD”. That will affect Chinese dominance and their security architecture, hence all the reasons they are crazy. This smear campaign, including the photograph, aims to teach the Australians a lesson.
There may be many more examples, but a few above come to mind from the sneaky Chinese tactics and amazingly the British media fall for it.
The Biological E vaccine, developed by Baylor college of Medicine can be produced up to 1 billion doses per year. It is supposed to be quite affordable and can be exported to 3rd world countries after a few million doses are reserved for us. However, the Phase 1, 2 and 3 trials should be speeded up so that exports can be started. It also has tied up with Johnson and Johnson to produce 400 – 500 million doses annually for India. They are testing single dose and 2 dose regime. May be, it can also be exported. Only one example is given, but other vaccine makers are also there who can export the vaccine, given that requisite support is given by the Govt. In short, we need to move fast to bring vaccines to international market and not move at bullock cart speed, which has been the case so far.
Chinese Propaganda War on India and Others.
After the Chinese lost the battle of LAC to India in August 29/30, when India occupied Kailash Heights in Ladakh, the Chinese launched their propaganda offensive. They were unable to get the height(s) vacated hence propaganda was the only battle tactic they were left with. Their English language mouthpiece The Global Times was one of the key weapon. Furthermore, they have built an enormous network of influence in western media by spending an average of $10 billion a year over the past 10 to 12 years to get their point of view, no matter how false, broadcast or printed. In the past six weeks, there have been four glaring examples, three against India and one against Australia.
1. It was a surprise that a respected London media outlet, “The Times,” wrote an outright lie that the Chinese were using a “direct energy weapon” (microwave) at the LAC to chase Indian troops from the hills. The report was denied by the forward Indian troops at the LAC and also by the Chief of the Defense Staff that anything like that ever happened. Indian forces in most of the hill are adequately protected. The Direct Enegy Weapons are not advanced enough to reach from a distance and penetrate the bunkers and affect troops on the hill Features. They are only used for a limited demonstration of this type of weapon, for crowd control during a demonstration, etc. That was bad publicity for a non-existent weapon. Although there are reports of the Indian weapon «Kali» which is, in its infancy and needs a huge amount of energy (10 MW) to generate a ray strong enough to be effective. The Chinese were daydreaming. Ironically, the British media lowered themselves so low to publish a lie without checking it out. This means that the Brits are also taking Chinese money.
2. Another Chinese sponsored lie was published right after the above that Indian made radar set purchased by Armenia was in use during Azerbaijan – Armenia war. It failed to detect the incoming tiny armed drones from Azerbaijan. This was a Chinese outright lie. The Chinese were taking revenge on India for having published a report indicating that structural faults had been detected in most of the JF-17 manufactured by the Chinese in Pakistan after just 4 to 5 years of service. As a result of this report, the Chinese fabricated the Azerbaijani lie.
3. Another lie that was brought up by a group of lower-quality Chinese scientists was that COVID-19, instead of being from China, came from central India. The Chinese are badly stung by the reports that bat eating Chinese in Wuhan actually contracted it or maybe Chinese manufactured it in a laboratory and then spread it to the whole world. It has brought the world to a standstill and Chinese are accused of its deliberate spread. All commercial activities around the world have slowed down due to closures, lockdown and the enormous amount of money spent to keep people from starving to death. The Chinese are attempting to deflect the blame and have chosen India as the country to blame.
4. Australia is furious with the Chinese for posting a picture of an Australian soldier holding a knife to the throat of an Afghan boy. According to the Australians, that has never occurred. The photo tarnishes the Australian image, which they cannot tolerate. The immediate reason for this smear campaign against the Australians is that they willingly joined the Indian Ocean and Pacific “QUAD”. That will affect Chinese dominance and their security architecture, hence all the reasons they are crazy. This smear campaign, including the photograph, aims to teach the Australians a lesson.
There may be many more examples, but a few above come to mind from the sneaky Chinese tactics and amazingly the British media fall for it.
The Biological E vaccine, developed by Baylor college of Medicine can be produced up to 1 billion doses per year. It is supposed to be quite affordable and can be exported to 3rd world countries after a few million doses are reserved for us. However, the Phase 1, 2 and 3 trials should be speeded up so that exports can be started. It also has tied up with Johnson and Johnson to produce 400 – 500 million doses annually for India. They are testing single dose and 2 dose regime. May be, it can also be exported. Only one example is given, but other vaccine makers are also there who can export the vaccine, given that requisite support is given by the Govt. In short, we need to move fast to bring vaccines to international market and not move at bullock cart speed, which has been the case so far.