{"id":7219,"date":"2020-05-07T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=7219"},"modified":"2021-04-18T16:43:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T15:43:51","slug":"coronavirus-european-leaders-cower-in-the-face-of-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2020\/05\/07\/coronavirus-european-leaders-cower-in-the-face-of-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: European Leaders Cower in the Face of China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2020\/05\/07\/coronavirus-european-leaders-cower-in-the-face-of-china\/france-europe-china\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7220\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7220\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/europe-cowers-china.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/europe-cowers-china.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/europe-cowers-china-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>In Europe, where the pandemic has killed more than 100,000 people and caused economic devastation on a scale not seen since the Second World War, political leaders have been deafeningly silent on demanding accountability from China.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Coronavirus: European Leaders Cower in the Face of China<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/15994\/coronavirus-europe-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | May 7, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Australia and the United States are leading a campaign for an independent inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. Senior officials in both countries are seeking to determine if the virus originated in nature or in a Chinese laboratory. They are also calling on the Chinese government to account for its handling of the initial outbreak in the city of Wuhan.<\/p>\n<p>In Europe, where the pandemic has killed more than 100,000 people and caused economic devastation on a scale not seen since the Second World War, political leaders have been deafeningly silent on demanding accountability from China. While a handful of European officials have agreed in principle that there should be an investigation at some undetermined point in the future, most appear afraid to challenge China directly.<\/p>\n<p>The equivocation of European leaders is a reflection not only of Europe\u2019s geopolitical weakness and economic over-dependence on China, but also of a moral vacuum in which they refuse to stand up for Western values.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/15994\/coronavirus-europe-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Europe, where the pandemic has killed more than 100,000 people and caused economic devastation on a scale not seen since the Second World War, political leaders have been deafeningly silent on demanding accountability from China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[214,100],"tags":[180,42,224,129,52,171,179,182,62],"class_list":["post-7219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coronavirus-crisis","category-european-union","tag-britain","tag-china","tag-covid-19","tag-european-union-2","tag-france","tag-geopolitics","tag-germany","tag-netherlands","tag-sweden"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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