Not so surprising. And, really, we're doing largely the same, in the way medical matters are being manipulated.
Coronavirus Diplomacy: How China’s Red Cross Serves Its Communist Party
Bearing the familiar red-and-white logo, it looks just like any Red Cross group that rushes to disasters, deploys medics and raises funds across the world with political neutrality and independence.
But there is a big difference: China’s Red Cross has been built, funded and directed by the Chinese Communist Party — effectively making it an arm of the state, and at times pitting the group’s goal of helping people against the party’s interests in maintaining control over society.
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