China’s Dangerous Twitter Propaganda Campaign: China is Now Spreading Lies and Misinformation That HIV AIDS and H1N1 Flu First Originated in The U.S.

Last month, we reported a story of Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang after he said the coronavirus’ origin is not necessarily China, calling it “irresponsible” to trace the origin to China. Lijian’s warning came after some reports that coronavirus may have originated from China’s Wuhan laboratory.

As China continues to feel the pressure and mounting lawsuits from around the world, Geng Shuang upped the ante by spreading lies and misinformation on social media. In a series of tweets posted by China Daily, Geng Shuang said that the H1N1 flu, which spread to 214 countries and regions killing nearly 200,000 people, broke out in the US in 2009.

In the first tweet, #FMsays “The H1N1 flu that broke out in the US in 2009 spread to 214 countries and regions, killing nearly 200,000 people, has anyone demanded the US for compensation?” Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang asked on Monday. (1/3)”

However, according to researchers, the 2009 swine flu pandemic originated in Mexico. The swine-origin influenza (H1N1) virus first appeared in 2009 and was first found in human beings in Mexico. It is a reassortant with at least three parents. Six of the genes are closest in sequence to those of H1N2 ‘triple-reassortant’ influenza viruses isolated from pigs in North America around 1999-2000.

In the second tweet, Geng Shuang went on to blame the United States for AIDS epidemic saying, “AIDS was first discovered in the US in the 1980s and spread to the world, causing great agony for the world, has anyone held the US accountable? he said. (2/3)”

In his third tweet, he blamed the United States for the collapse of the global economy and causes of a global financial crisis in 2008 saying: “In addition, he cited Kishore Mahbubani, a professor at the National University of Singapore, as saying that the collapse of Lehman Brothers in the US caused a global financial crisis in 2008, but no one asked the US to bear the consequences. (3/3).”

#FMsays "The H1N1 flu that broke out in the US in 2009 spread to 214 countries and regions, killing nearly 200,000 people, has anyone demanded the US for compensation?" Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang asked on Monday. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/JDpxxGE1OW

— China Daily (@ChinaDaily) April 20, 2020

In addition, he cited Kishore Mahbubani, a professor at the National University of Singapore, as saying that the collapse of Lehman Brothers in the US caused a global financial crisis in 2008, but no one asked the US to bear the consequences. (3/3) pic.twitter.com/lRVtc0XCEe

— China Daily (@ChinaDaily) April 20, 2020