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Judi Lynn

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Tue Apr 7, 2020, 11:59 PM Apr 2020

China outraged after Brazil minister suggests Covid-19 is part of 'plan for world domination'


Beijing demands explanation after ‘highly racist’ tweet by Abraham Weintraub suggests it is part of a geopolitical plan

Agence France-Presse
Mon 6 Apr 2020 20.47 EDT

China has demanded an explanation from Brazil after the far-right government’s education minister linked the coronavirus pandemic to Beijing’s “plan for world domination”, in a tweet imitating a Chinese accent.

In the latest incident to strain ties between the two nations, minister Abraham Weintraub insinuated China was behind the global health crisis.

“Geopolitically, who will come out stronger from this global crisis?” he wrote on Twitter Saturday. “Who in Brazil is allied with this infallible plan for world domination?”

In the original Portuguese, his tweet substituted the letter “r” with capital “L” - “BLazil” instead of “Brazil,” for example - in a style commonly used to mock a Chinese accent.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/07/china-outraged-after-brazil-minister-suggests-covid-19-is-part-of-plan-for-world-domination
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China outraged after Brazil minister suggests Covid-19 is part of 'plan for world domination' (Original Post) Judi Lynn Apr 2020 OP
The reason Brazil is getting hit so hard is Balsonaro, not China, kneecapped Brazil's response. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #1

SunSeeker

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1. The reason Brazil is getting hit so hard is Balsonaro, not China, kneecapped Brazil's response.
Wed Apr 8, 2020, 12:13 AM
Apr 2020

Like the Orange Shitfunnel, Bolsonaro wasted weeks in denial, while the virus spread througjout his country.

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