Aligned with the White House, the New York Times makes an exception when Joe Biden explores Covid. Three months ago, the Democrat proclaimed on CBS the end of the pandemic, and the newspaper critically reported, listening to experts and relatives of the dead: “Biden says the pandemic is over. But 400 people are dying daily.”
Now, with Biden’s announcement of restrictions on the entry of Chinese, the NYT emphasizes that, “as they did when Trump imposed limitations on travelers in the pandemic, experts question whether this will be of benefit – especially in view of the increase in cases in the US”.
Remember that the American subvariant today, XBB, would even be “spreading faster” than the variant in China.
After the news was published on the website, adds the newspaper, “Biden’s team questioned the comparison with the way Trump restricted the entry of foreigners from China at the beginning of the pandemic”, stating by email that “it is not a ban to travel, no way”.
“Instead, [o governo] calls a ‘prudent’ test requirement for all travelers to China, not just natives,” says the NYT.
HATE CRIMES
At the same time, the NYT published the news that two TikTokers were “harassed for being Asian” on Christmas Eve in California – noting that “hate crimes against Asian Americans” are still on the rise and, this year, should “overcome at much” pre-pandemic levels.
According to CNN, citing a study done before Biden’s restrictions, “Anti-Asian hate crimes are driving Chinese tourists away from the US” (above). More violent cases have been recorded in recent months in New York, Chicago and Wilmington, where Biden lived.
As reported over the last year by even conservative outlets like Newsweek and the New York Post, attacks against Asians in the US have skyrocketed “in reaction to the outbreak” of Covid and after US officials like Trump appeared on TV talking about “Chinese virus “.
PERSISTENT
Still in the NYT, ′′ almost three years into the pandemic, Covid remains stubbornly persistent ′′ in the US.
According to Eric Topol, who has become a medical reference on the pandemic on social media and Substack, this end of the year there is a “new wave of Covid” in the US and “in most of the planet”. In addition to the “highly publicized situation in China”, it listed Japan and other Asians. “Yes, South America too.”
HUAWEI THE RETURN
In addition to the Chinese coverage, by financial 21 Shiji Jingji Baodao and others, also Bloomberg (above), the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times report that tech giant Huawei “recorded its third straight quarter of revenue growth.”
In the title, “Huawei declares business as usual after resisting US restrictions” for three years. “In 2022, we successfully exit crisis mode,” says company chairman Xu Zhijun. “US restrictions are now our new normal.”
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