3 ms·
Currently reading a (French) book regarding France-China industrial espionage and relations that was published well before the virus outbreak. Funnily enough, t
by superzamp 7y ago
Currently reading a (French) book regarding France-China industrial espionage and relations that was published well before the virus outbreak. Funnily enough, the author describes quite extensively how this P4 in Wuhan came into existence and all the subsequent problems faced by France to get China to honor the deal.
I quote/translate: "In the course of these fifteen years, China has several times failed to live up to their engagement, staying relatively vague about the existence of an offensive biological program. Chinese officials had, for example, previously certified they had no other P4 and no plans to build any, but we now know they do have many, some being quite suspicious, a France official said".
The book is "France-Chine, les liaisons dangereuses" by Antoine Izambard, for those curious.
- mc32 7y agoThey have to be naive as VW if they believed the CCP would honor the contract...
- superzamp 7y agoYeah the whole thing is basically a shitshow. The majority of the French administration was against the deal as well as many other countries but the president at the time forced the deal to go through.
- threeseed 7y agoAs I mentioned in another thread. I worked at a facilities department at university with an infectious disease research lab. We had incidents where there were system failures eg. Air filtration. It can just be a simple accident that the China government is covering up because they know their population would turn on them.
- hcheung 7y agoWould be an interesting read if there is an English version of the book available.