{"id":541220,"date":"2021-05-26T11:06:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T15:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=541220"},"modified":"2021-05-26T11:06:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T15:06:14","slug":"shapiro-china-isnt-winning-the-west-is-forfeiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-china-isnt-winning-the-west-is-forfeiting\/","title":{"rendered":"SHAPIRO: China Isn\u2019t Winning. The West Is Forfeiting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fshapiro-china-isnt-winning-the-west-is-forfeiting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=541220&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-943639230-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>This week, The Wall Street Journal reported that three researchers from the Chinese Wuhan Institute of Virology were hospitalized in November 2019 with \u201csymptoms consistent with both Covid-19 and common seasonal illness.\u201d That report followed hard on a series of investigative pieces from journalists such as Nicholas Wade and Donald McNeil, formerly of The New York Times, who revived the media-dismissed theory that the institute had generated COVID-19 in a laboratory and then accidentally allowed it to leak. \u201cThe argument that it&nbsp;<i>could&nbsp;<\/i>have leaked out of the Wuhan Institute of Virology or a sister lab in Wuhan has become considerably stronger,\u201d McNeil wrote. \u201cAnd China\u2019s lack of candor is disturbing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It now seems highly credible that COVID-19 originated inside a Chinese state laboratory \u2014 and that China knew about it as early as November. In mid-January, the World Health Organization reported, based on Chinese information, that \u201cPreliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus.\u201d China censured its own Dr. Li Wenliang for attempting to spread the news of COVID-19\u2019s danger. It took until the end of January for China to lock down Wuhan.<\/p>\n<p data-slot-rendered-dynamic=\"true\">We\u2019ll never know the answers to those questions, because the same WHO that covered for China in the early days of the pandemic is responsible for investigating Chinese malfeasance today. And President Biden\u2019s administration seems happy to keep it that way. Asked about whether America would lead an independent investigation into COVID-19\u2019s Chinese origins, White House press secretary Jen Psaki stated, \u201cWe have repeatedly called for the WHO to support an expert-driven evaluation of the pandemic\u2019s origins that is free from interference and politicization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, this week, actor John Cena apologized to the Chinese government. Cena, who stars in the upcoming \u201cF9,\u201d was being interviewed by a Taiwanese television station and committed the grave offense of stating that \u201cTaiwan is the first country that can watch\u201d the movie. China, of course, sees Taiwan as an outlying territory of China and denies Taiwanese sovereignty. So, Cena, whose film has already grossed over $100 million in China, quickly issued an apology in Mandarin, saying: \u201cI made a mistake. Now I have to say one thing which is very, very, very important: I love and respect China and the Chinese people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The common thread here is a Western unwillingness to face down China\u2019s authoritarian regime. For some on the left, challenging China means standing up for Western values like democracy and human rights \u2014 and this, in turn, raises questions about America\u2019s own commitment to those principles. For some in corporate America, capitalism hasn\u2019t opened China but made the West more dependent on mercantilist Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re in competition with China and other countries to win the 21st century,\u201d Biden said in his recent quasi-State of the Union address. \u201cWe\u2019re at a great inflection point in history.\u201d China\u2019s possible unwitting release of COVID-19 and its fully documented cover-up is a unique opportunity to recalibrate the West\u2019s relationship with China. But there seems to be little taste for that necessary recalibration from a wavering Europe and United States.<\/p>\n<p data-slot-rendered-dynamic=\"true\">Meanwhile, China isn\u2019t wavering. China grows increasingly aggressive: through its Belt-and-Road Initiative, its militaristic advances in the South China Sea and its international ties with European countries happy to make concessions. China doesn\u2019t have to defeat the United States. All it has to do is outlast us. And right now, thanks to an ugly combination of hesitancy, cowardice and corruption, China seems well-positioned to do so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, The Wall Street Journal reported that three researchers from the Chinese Wuhan Institute of Virology were hospitalized in November 2019 with \u201csymptoms consistent with both Covid-19 and common &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313097,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-943639230-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"SHAPIRO: China Isn\u2019t Winning. 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