Who precisely are the "senior Conservatives" you're talking about, and which articles are those that you claim are "Sinophobic screeds in the rw press", please? https://twitter.com/BellRibeiroAddy/status/1247570145733758980
I watched this online event. It's worth noting at the outset that it was organised and hosted by Stand Up to Racism which is an SWP front organisation, although the event itself featured two Labour MPs among other speakers. https://twitter.com/BellRibeiroAddy/status/1247570145733758980
In this event @BellRibeiroAddy complains "it's very strange" that the pictures we've all seen in the newspapers of doctors and nurses fighting Covid-19 were of "a completely white group of people". Is anyone really poring over pics to scrutinise the skin colour behind the PPE?
Another speaker, an activist from Goldsmiths, objects that "in the Western press there's been a lot of criticism levelled at...the Chinese state...and it's very rare to see any positive news coming from China"...
Goldsmiths activist continues that "in Western media you see a lot of accusations that China is covering up this or that" which she claims is "very much in contrast to the actual data that shows China has actually been handling the crisis very well".
She concludes later on that it's important to show solidarity with Iran and Venezuela, because obvs, what else is there to do right now.
As I've previously mentioned, Corbyn's departure does not mean that the many issues Labour faced under Corbynism have gone away. A Shadow Minister opted to publicise and join this event.
I forgot - the praise for China during this event included the activist from Goldsmiths' warm words for the Chinese state providing "free healthcare...free, fair and equal, [which] would respect religious and cultural norms". That's the Chinese state which oppresses the Uighurs
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