Hello John and Doves,
I am somewhat familiar
with the EPOCH Times...their article on China doesn't
surprise me especially after finding out they shut
down/quarantined cities with 60 million people! An
entire province in China! And they have shut down
their stock markets...
Will China open their
markets on Monday, February 3? Markets around the
world are reacting to the spread of this virus! Does
this have the potential to crash other markets/other
economies? A world financial/economic collapse?
The U.S. gets a huge
number of our products from China - so much is imported
from China. In 2018 the U.S. imported $560 billion
in goods from China! Electrical machinery and
equipment, medicine, LED lights, disposable gloves,
cordless drills, dog and cat food, leather
handbags,sneakers, etc.
https://qz.com/1232833/explore-all-506-billion-in-goods-that-the-us-imported-from-china-in-2017/
What
does the US import from China and how much are the
tariffs? An interactive guide — Quartz
The EPOCH Times is
reporting : "Faced With Existential Threat to Their Rule,
Chinese Leaders Decide to Save 11 Cities From Coronavirus
Epidemic: Insider" January 30, 2020 "Top
Chinese leaders at a Chinese Communist Party Politburo
meeting last week expressed concern that the Wuhan
coronavirus outbreak may put an end to their rule.
They have decided to focus on preserving 11 major cities
from being devastated by the virus...The 11 cities on the
CCP's priority list of being saved are Beijing, Tianjin,
Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Hangzhou, Xi'an,
Shenyang, Harbin, and Urumqi. The CCP is prepared to
protect these 11 cities at all cost, even if it means
sacrificing other cities..."
"Professor Leung is Dean
of the University of Hong Kong's Medical School. He
is also a recognized medical doctor and public health
authority. Leung's report points out that without
strong intervention measures in place, the number of
infected people will double every 6.2 days, if the
calculation is based on an even more conservative figure
of 22,000 infected cases globally at present.
Leung estimates that in
Wuhan, the number of newly infected patients will reach
the maximum - about 200,000 per day - in April. In
several other cities, including Chongqing, Guangzhou, and
Shenzhen, the number will peak in May. In the months
that follow, the total number of infected people across
the country will reach 18 million, with the total number
of deaths ranging between 1 and 2 million.
Shiu (a senior political
commentator and media professional in Hong Kong)
criticized the CCP for it's cover-up and delay in taking
measures to contain the virus, saying the main reason for
this catastrophe is the blocking of information. As
a result, those who were infected with the disease were
not quarantined in a timely manner. Chinese
authorities initially denied that the disease could be
spread via human-to-human transmission. In addition, for
several days, Chinese medical authorities reported very
few cases in Wuhan and no new cases in other Chinese
cities, giving the public a false impression that the
novel coronavirus was not a threat to public health.
Shiu said he believes
the epidemic, which is not getting out of control, will
have "a deadly impact" on China's economy. In his
estimate, more that half of Chinese business activities
will come to a half...."
The insider did not give
specific reasons as to why the authorities chose those 11
cities, but they are the commercial and military hubs in
the country. It is well-known among mainland Chinese
that the most developed metros and financial hubs are
Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong; and
the military technology centers are Xi'an, Shenyang, and
Harbin.
Shiu predicted that
Shenzhen, a city of about 20 million people that borders
Hong Kong, will soon be completely isolated from other
Chinese regions....Meanwhile, more than 15,000 hospital
authority employees in Hong Kong have joined a new union,
urging the Hong Kong government to close the border with
mainland China. According to the
representative of the union, if they do not receive any
response from local officials by Feb 3, members of the
union will launch a large-scale strike." (end snips)
So much for the hospital
employees' request to close the border:
"Hong Kong leaders
rejects calls to close border despite virus fears",
January 31, 2020. "Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam
rejected calls from a medical union on Friday to close the
border with mainland China to contain the spread of the
new coronavirus, and urged health staff not to go through
with a threatened strike. The recently formed
Hospital Authority Employees Alliance said earlier on
Friday 6,500 of its members would go on strike if the
frontier stayed open, a day after the World Health
Organization declared the virus a global emergency.
The WHO recommended all countries try to prevent or reduce
cross-border spread of disease, which originated in the
central Chinese city of Wuhan. But it said measures
should avoid unnecessary interference with trade or
travel....She announced a raft of new measures against the
disease and said any industrial action by medical staff
would only make the situation worse. "At the end of
the day those who suffer will be out Hong Kong citizens
and the public health system," she said. Authorities
have announced 12 confirmed infections in Hong Kong but no
deaths."
This is extremely
ominous and sobering! The news is more dire each
passing day!
Pray for our John Tng
and others that are close to this epicenter!
Pray for the people of
China!
Pray for the peace of
Jerusalem!
Maranatha!
Chance