Germany sends China 130billion bill for 'coronavirus damages' - sparks fury in Beijing

[CatWoman]

GERMANY has rattled China after joining the UK, France and the US in a rare attack, after Berlin called out Beijing's responsibility for the global pandemic and even issued a £130bn invoice.

Germany has sparked outrage in China after a major newspaper put together a £130bn invoice that Beijing "owes" Berlin following the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Germany has followed France, the UK and the US in directing its coronavirus anger at China, where the virus originated. Recent attacks come amid findings that Beijing appeared to cover up the true scale of the crisis, as the source of the outbreak remains a mystery.

The list includes a €27 billion charge for lost tourism revenue, up to €7.2 billion for the German film industry, a million euros an hour for German airline Lufthansa and €50 billion for German small businesses.

Bild calculated that this amounts to €1,784 (£1,550) per person if Germany's GDP falls by 4.2 percent, under the title "What China owes us."

China responded by claiming the invoice "stirs up xenophobia and nationalism".

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1271028/Angela-Merkel-Germany-China-coronavirus-blame-Wuhan-Xi-Jinping-Trump-latest?fbclid=IwAR1VZzABJ_4MlMwr4svZtb9tiDwkD8KctowP9E9b9inyeoOygzavwXHUZk4

[alittlelark]

1. Battle between dollar and yen for supremacy

[Laelth]

10. Oil is traded in USD.

And we will fight to the death to insure that oil is ALWAYS traded in USD.

USD wins. So long as oil is traded in USD, it will remain the supreme global reserve currency.

What you see in this OP is a stunt ... nothing more and nothing less.

-Laelth

[marble falls]

2. Bad move. Maybe China can send GB a bill for the Opium wars, or to the US for it part in ...

the so called Boxer Rebellion.

[Lock him up.]

7. The statute of limitations might be expired for those...

... but this one is ongoing.

Conservatives will want to cut all safety nets to pay these bills.

China effed up. They'll have to pay.

[marble falls]

14. There's no time limit on Crimes Against Humanity or War Crimes.

[EarthFirst]

3. Trump: "Fuck. Why didn't I think of that..." nt

[TexasTowelie]

4. A newspaper creating an invoice is not the same as the government of the country

sending a bill. Clickbait headline.

[Laelth]

12. +1 n/t

-Laelth

[Orangepeel]

5. "Germany" is not a newspaper

[Hoyt]

8. +1.

[Jamastiene]

9. No, but a newspaper is a newspaper.

And a newspaper is not Germany. Reading comprehension helps. Read the OP again.

[Orangepeel]

13. My reading comprehension is fine

but the person who wrote that headline, not so much

[dalton99a]

6. Good luck with that:

https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2020/03/matiangai-sirleaf-responsibility-for-pandemics/
COVID-19 and Allocating Responsibility for Pandemics
March 31, 2020 03:41:30 pm
JURIST Guest Columnist Matiangai Sirleaf, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and a leading scholar in global public health law, discusses international responsibility in the context of epidemic and pandemic diseases.

[Hoyt]

11. Won't happen. Experts think USA was responsible for Spanish Flu, not to mention Hiroshima.