SPECIAL APRIL 2020 TRUTH AND TRADITION EGON999/SHUTTERSTOCK STR/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES EXCLUSIVE CCP VIRUS COVERAGE How the Chinese Communist Party Giving the Right Name How China’s Coverup to the Virus Causing a Led to a Global Endangered Worldwide Pandemic Pandemic STORY ON 2 STORY ON 3 the World HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES The Chinese Communist Party’s coverup led to a pandemic that now threatens the lives of people around the globe. What really happened, and what lessons can we learn? READ MORE INSIDE Beijing’s ‘Mask 21 Million Fewer Cellphone Diplomacy’ Draws Users in China May Suggest Growing Backlash a High Death Toll STORY ON 4 STORY ON 6 Where Ties With Commu- Silenced: Stories of Citizens nist China Are Close, Suppressed for Speaking the the CCP Virus Follows Truth About the CCP Virus STORY ON 7 STORY ON 8 Senators Call for Reckoning With China’s Dictatorship MICHAEL MASTERS/GETTY IMAGES TRACEY NEARMY/GETTY IMAGES CADEN PEARSON Tasmanian Liberal Senator Eric Abetz said there needs to be a “reck- oning with the Chinese communist dictatorship and its leadership must be held to account” for its culpabil- ity in the spread of the CCP virus, commonly known as novel coro- navirus. “The decency of the Chinese peo- ple is not the issue. The Communist Senator Malcolm dictatorship’s decency under which Roberts in the the Chinese people suffer, however, Senate at Par- does need to be questioned,” he told liament House in The Epoch Times. Canberra on July Abetz listed a number of reasons 4, 2019. why the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) should be held to account. Senator Eric Abetz speaks deal with the epidemic,” he said. Chinese people but at the People’s about it.” “Firstly, the unacceptable ‘wet in the Senate at Parliament Abetz said an international probe Republic of China communist [re- “It is hopeless, bumbling, dishon- markets’ (the likely source) have House in Canberra on Nov. into any cover-up about the CCP gime],” he said. est, and inherently corrupt, like the not been closed although previous 28, 2017. virus is warranted but only after the Roberts said an international whole of the United Nations,” said warnings and concerns were deliv- pandemic has passed. body of health experts should be Roberts. ered after similar type outbreaks, “The focus at this time must be to convened to conduct an investiga- Roberts said China has a duty of e.g. SARS.” He noted that Prime fight this insidious virus,” he said. tion after which the international care that extends beyond its bor- Minister Scott Morrison has also Regarding the long-term impact community should be able to de- ders. “It is Australia’s number one called for the markets to be shut of the pandemic on Australia, Abetz sign a mechanism for compensa- trading partner. When countries down. said, “The pandemic will refocus tion from the CCP. engage in the world that carries a “Secondly, the fate of the doctor national policy on the wisdom of UK-based think tank Henry responsibility to other countries,” [Li Wenliang] who first alerted the our forefathers’ commitment to the Jackson Society has since called he said. “The concept of a relation- Chinese communist dictatorship My question is not timeless virtues of being prepared, for countries to take legal action ship is built on trust.” of the virus needs to be fully ex- self-reliance, not putting all one’s against the CCP for its initial cov- Looking ahead, Roberts said Aus- plained,” he said. aimed at the Chinese eggs in one basket, putting aside for erup of the virus. According to its tralia needs to buy Australian, and After Dr. Li posted about the virus people but at the a rainy day, and government cannot report, damages would amount bring back the nation’s productive to a WeChat group of his medical People’s Republic fix everything.” to at least $4 trillion, which is how capacity, and economic resilience. school colleagues, Li was called “There will be a substantial reca- much G-7 countries have spent to “We need to manufacture the basics in by police and reprimanded for of China communist libration of priorities as the repay- stimulate their economies in re- in this country,” he said. “spreading rumors online” and [regime]. ment burden hits,” he said. sponse to the pandemic. Newscorp reported April 3 that “severely disrupting social order.” Roberts also said that the World politicians including Labor MP An- Li ultimately contracted COVID-19 Malcolm Roberts, One Nation China Should Pay Health Organisation has been com- thony Byrne, Liberal MP Andrew and subsequently died. Senator One Nation Senator Malcolm plicit in the CCP’s cover-up. “It is Hastie, Liberal MP Tim Wilson, “Thirdly, the seriousness of the Roberts told The Epoch Times that clearly incompetent and corrupt, Liberal MP Dave Sharma, Labor virus was known to the regime, Australians are angry over “the se- and it is weak, and there is no ac- MP Julian Hill, Liberal Senator which is why they got their opera- crecy and misinformation from the countability,” he said. James Paterson, Liberal Senator tives in Australia to purchase all People’s Republic of China—or the “The WHO lacks teeth. It bowed Alex Antic, LNP Senator Amanda the personal protective equipment Chinese Communist Party.” to China, spreading Chinese misin- Stoker, and Labor Senator Kimber- they could and ship it to China. A Roberts on March 31 posted a formation in January that there was ley Kitching said they will be calling particularly reprehensible activity,” question on Twitter asking whether no human-to-human transmission for a reset on Australia’s relation- Abetz said. China should “pay compensation of this virus. Two months later, in ship with China’s ruling CCP, which “We are paying the heavy price of for unleashing COVID-19 on the March, the WHO said that the time is also the country’s biggest trading a communist regime’s failure to live world?” to act was two months ago—which partner. up to its moral and ethical duty in His post was liked over 117,000 was January—the time when it was initially informing, and advising, times and retweeted 28,000 times. saying there was no human-to- Epoch Times reporter Rachel Qu and then in helping other countries “My question is not aimed at the human transmission, don’t worry contributed to this report. 2 April 2020 | SPECIAL EDITION ABOUT US The Epoch Times is a media or- Editor’s Note ganisation dedicated to seeking the truth through insightful and independent journalism. e hope this finds you and your loved ones The immorality and corruption of the Chinese regime helps well. We live in challenging times right explain the fundamental way in which we must look at the Standing outside of political in- now, and this special edition is intended pandemic. terests and the pursuit of profit, to explain the reasons behind why we find If the CCP had shown compassion for the Chinese people our starting point and our goal is ourselves in such a situation. and if it had acted honestly and openly, much of China, and to create a media for the public WDaily life in Australia has been upended, as governments the world, could have been spared this calamity. benefit, to be truly responsible seek to stop the spread of the Chinese Communist Party A recent study by the University of Southampton found to society. (CCP) virus (see “Giving the Right Name to the Virus Causing that if “non-pharmaceutical interventions—such as early We endeavor to educate readers a Worldwide Pandemic” below). The virus is highly transmis- detection, isolation of cases, travel restrictions and cordon about today’s most important sible, and in some cases, deadly. sanitaire ... could have been conducted one week, two weeks, topics, seeking to broaden and Businesses have been shuttered and large numbers of or three weeks earlier, cases could have been reduced by uplift minds. We believe that people have lost their jobs with almost no notice. While 66 percent, 86 percent and 95 percent, respectively—sig- rational, balanced debate is key the federal government is scrambling to provide aid, many nificantly limiting the geographical spread of the disease.” for fostering a healthy democ- households are suddenly facing economic uncertainty, if In fact, the CCP, out of concern for its power, censored racy and a compassionate not hardship. knowledge of this new, highly transmissible, SARS-like Some of the businesses that have closed may not be able to illness for six weeks, allowing millions to travel from the society. reopen. With the stock market responding to the pandemic epicentre in Wuhan to the rest of China. The virus quickly As an independent media outlet, with a devastating plunge, many people’s retirement savings spread across China and around the world. we use our freedom to inves- may be threatened. Now, the CCP is waging a propaganda campaign claiming it tigate issues overlooked—or These are times that test us. In normal times, we tend to has been a model in fighting the disease. The same campaign avoided—by other media out- focus on the day-to-day. In abnormal times such as these, has been disseminating the lie that the virus originated in lets. We seek to highlight solu- we may find our thoughts turning to what is fundamental. the United States. tions and what’s good in society Ultimately, character and morality count. If our encounter This special edition sets the record straight. If the world rather than what divides us.