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March 16, 2021

China gets German children's book about COVID withdrawn

The correct decision. No one knows where the Trump virus came from.



German publisher Carlsen-Verlag has, at the urging of the Chinese embassy, taken a children's book off the market, because it implies a direct link between COVID-19 and China.

Whenever China is blamed for starting the COVID-19 pandemic, its government reacts. By describing it as the "Chinese virus", former US President Trump drew Beijing's ire for making the country responsible for the pandemic situation. World Health Organization (WHO) experts visiting China were also treated with more than just suspicion when they arrived at Wuhan province to investigate the origins of the virus.

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who routinely uses his creativity to criticize the Chinese government, also got a taste of Beijing's disapproval when he aired his film Coronation, which documents the heavy-handed measures taken by Chinese authorities during the lockdown in Wuhan.

"The People's Republic of China is trying to control how we think and talk about China. They feel there should only be good stories about China", says Ralph Weber, associate professor for European Global Studies at the University of Basel and an expert of Chinese relations.

And that attitude now has an impact on a children's book published in Germany, which stated, "the virus came from China and has spread from there all over the world". Beijing wasn't exactly pleased.
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