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With Coronavirus, Chinese Regime Launched a Geopolitical Masterstroke

With Coronavirus, Chinese Regime Launched a Geopolitical Masterstroke
Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army's Honor Guard Battalion wear protective masks as they stand at attention in front of a photo of Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping at their barracks outside the Forbidden City, near Tiananmen Square, in Beijing, on May 20, 2020. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Conrad Black
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Unless there is a way of conducting research so extensive that it can prove beyond a reasonable doubt the circumstances and where applicable, the motivations for the release of the coronavirus to the world, and some comprehensive international action against China results from it, it must be said that the coronavirus has been the most brilliant and imaginative geopolitical offensive of any major country since President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was unveiled in 1983.

Conrad Black
Conrad Black
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Conrad Black has been one of Canada’s most prominent financiers for 40 years and was one of the leading newspaper publishers in the world. He’s the author of authoritative biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, and, most recently, “Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other,” which has been republished in updated form. Follow Conrad Black with Bill Bennett and Victor Davis Hanson on their podcast Scholars and Sense.
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