On Chinese History and the Wuhan Virus

Or, Innovation vs. "Bad Conscience"

In September of 2019, China celebrated the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China with grand military parades and red flag waving patriots. Mao Zedung had been the first to unify China in 1949, since its disruption by the two Opium Wars in the 19th century. But Mao, whose role as Chairman of the Party ended with his death in 1976, nearly des…