I don’t know how familiar you are with anime but there was a very poignant scene in code geass where the Chinese oligarchs sold out the empress of China to the Britainian Empire, they did so for positions of power in what would be the newly formed government. With the amount of Chinese money in our colleges and government it would be hard to see the scrambling they did to cover for China as anything other than treason, how much more of a stretch would it be for them to be funding a Chinese bioweapon in return for promises of continued patronage?
But why would they ask a foreign government for funding?
Why not? It worked out great for China - they got paid to conduct their bioweapons research, and in exchange they helped the Democrats replace their main geopolitical rival with a demented Manchurian candidate on their payroll.
But why would they ask a foreign government for funding?
None of this makes sense.
If it's China's weapon, why aren't the CCP paying?
If it's America's weapon, why did China cover it up? (saving face?)
If they were working together, how did any of this get out?
If the lab is working independently, why didn't China execute Zhengli?
I don’t know how familiar you are with anime but there was a very poignant scene in code geass where the Chinese oligarchs sold out the empress of China to the Britainian Empire, they did so for positions of power in what would be the newly formed government. With the amount of Chinese money in our colleges and government it would be hard to see the scrambling they did to cover for China as anything other than treason, how much more of a stretch would it be for them to be funding a Chinese bioweapon in return for promises of continued patronage?
Why not? It worked out great for China - they got paid to conduct their bioweapons research, and in exchange they helped the Democrats replace their main geopolitical rival with a demented Manchurian candidate on their payroll.
Pretty sure they are working together but its hard to keep everyone zip lipped.