The Zhong Nanshan connection, or: How minor lockdown-promoting academics with no relevant expertise came to shape German pandemic policy at the highest levels
The Zhong Nanshan connection, or: How minor lockdown-promoting academics with no relevant expertise came to shape German pandemic policy at the highest levels
I spent much of the weekend sick with the flu, and I am still recovering. The energy to write my book in the morning and a separate post in the evening will soon return, but it’s not quite there yet. Instead, I offer you another series of book-related thoughts, which is not entirely off-topic, as
The hypothesis that lockdowns were fundamentally a policy measure that was overtly or covertly injected from China into the decision-making process of Western political leaders appears to have a lot going for it. The observations in this article add to the evidence that had already been collected elsewhere. However, I am unable to accept that this could have happened without in particular Western intelligence agencies and the security apparatus being aware of it. I cannot imagine them being genuinely "duped" in this way. It is evident that all the measures discussed and implemented have significant repercussions for national security. From this it would appear to follow that there was a fundamental collusion of some sorts, be it explicit or implicit, between policymakers in the People´s republic and those in the West (including the respective security apparatus) concerning the "pandemic" response.
One thing to remember in this context, is how deeply western academia is compromised by China. It's not clear to me intelligence agencies have a good handle on this. When I was a professor in the US, I routinely got job offers to teach summer courses at Chinese universities – they offered me drivers, all kinds of money, free tours of the country, and so on. And I work on dusty ancient history/philology. Imagine the kinds of connections they develop just doing this and nothing more with scientists, public health mandarins, etc. Kölbl and Mayer both had extensive history of teaching positions in China of exactly this kind. Chinese penetration of Germany probably not as great, English is a limiting factor, which I think is why they had to go through these obvious nobodies. In countries like the US, they surely have many more possibilities and control important senior scientists.
Of course, on your point: The intelligence angle will be something that is likely forever hidden from us.
Personally and in decided contrast to Moldbug (if I understand him correctly), I ascribe very little "agency" to Academia as such - I see it being downstream from the Government, Big Business and NGOs, at least. As for the intelligence angle, perhaps some "educated guesses" will be possible in the future also for outside observers. Maybe the future relations between China and the West, which currently appear to have non-positive prospects, will provide additional and critical "data points".
Why does it have to be hidden from us when investigative reporters like you and me can be on the case? We would benefit so much from your understanding of the German system if you would look into it!!! Drosten is a major player in the biowarfare-industrial complex. I think Nanshan is too, but haven't looked into him enough. We need so many more people investigating what actually happened.
While I don't disagree that China has far to much influence in all our major institutions, there is the puzzling fact that elite academic institutions are prejudice against Asian students.
Jul 27, 2023·edited Jul 27, 2023Liked by eugyppius
Brownstone Institute ran some interesting stories about how NSA drove the US covid response. Matt Pottinger, a deputy National Security Advisor was curiously influential in pushing the "lockdown until vaccination" strategy. He hired Deborah Birx, the head of the White House covid task force (the scarf lady), not the White House. Mr Pottinger began his career with 7 years as a "journalist" in China. If you google his name you'll find he turns up in many interesting places e.g. attending the most recent Bildeburg conference, etc. The US intelligence agencies were pushing for restrictive policies before the public health agencies did. See https://brownstone.org/articles/matt-pottinger-the-us-intelligence-agent-who-pushed-lockdowns/
I'm not surprised, the whole vaccine operation was run by the DOD.
This bullshit story of China China China doesn't even make sense when it comes to the lab leak nonsense... Why would our enemy be cool with us using a lab in their country?
Lab leak = story to promote fear.
The truth is that 2020 total deaths in most nations was not more than the past in most nations, and this is even with the murderous protocols that hospitals used.
I also saw those Brownstone articles when originally published. Shocking how gov't policy can be driven by "take charge" underlings unrestrained by necessary knowledge and legitimate credentials.
Do I recall correctly that Pottinger also has a Chinese wife?
ADDED NOTE: Acc. to Wikipedia today, Pottinger currently serves as Chairman of the China Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD).
Oh, I didn't see the item about a Chinese wife. Even more interesting.
Now, if the "underlings" are driving policy, are they really underlings? I can't help wondering who's operating the Joe Biden sock puppet. Whoever that is seems to escape accountability.
Yes. Western intelligence agencies worked w the Chinese to orchestrate the entire global response - because they had to cover up their GoF/biowarfare research and everything that stemmed from it. Why eugyppius refuses to look into the less obvious aspects of the response and insists that it was all due to the stupidity and incompetence of public health leaders and then mass formation (which definitely happened -- but only as a result of massive propaganda campaign) is a mystery. Would you care to weigh in here, eugyppius?
Don’t forget how the media played a part in all this.
Remember the videos of people walking down the street in China and collapsing, our media showed us that.
They could have rectified all the information towards the public once they knew this never happened. They didn’t, instead they went full on propaganda mode scaring people into this could happen to them.
I don’t care what influence China has in the west, our governments don’t get away with what they put their citizens through, they purposely committed crimes and democide without a second thought, they could have called it out and told the truth, they didn’t.
Study: mRNA Covid-19 Vaccinations Cause Myocarditis
July 26, 2023 - European Heart Journal
South Korean researchers have presented groundbreaking findings in a paper published in the European Heart Journal, establishing a link between mRNA Covid-19 vaccinations and fatal myocarditis in 12 individuals under 45 years old.
In eight of these cases, the initial cause of death was misdiagnosed as “sudden cardiac deaths” until post-mortem examinations confirmed vaccine-induced myocarditis. The study states unequivocally, “Vaccine-related myocarditis was the only possible cause of death.”
These unexpected fatalities were identified through South Korea’s stringent reporting system for post-vaccine side effects, which legally mandates the reporting of all myocarditis cases within six weeks of vaccination. Out of nearly 500 cases, 87 were classified as severe, including 85 intensive care admissions, 21 patients requiring heart-lung machines, 13 deaths, and one heart transplant.
In their conclusion, the researchers expressed concern about “sudden cardiac death,” terming it the “most serious and worrisome adverse reaction of COVID-19 vaccination.” They urged for vigilant monitoring or warnings of sudden cardiac death as a potential fatal complication of Covid-19 vaccination, particularly in individuals under 45 receiving mRNA vaccination."
Is this also about the Swiss study about Moderna where 1 in 35 experienced heart problems? As in myocarditis? Dr. John Campbell went over it yesterday on the YouTube.
Get well soon Eugyppius, see off the flu and keep us informed in your inimitable style.
As to the mysteries of who did what to take Germany into lockdown: Chinese whispers comes to mind.
I wonder if we'll ever know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Blighty is engrossed in Nigel Farage's take down of the banking nabobs at Coutts and Nat West, so perhaps similar lockdown revelations might eventually see thevfull light of day.
I advise you to take supplementary vitamin D, probably all year.
I've taken 3,000 IU per day since 2018. Some people discover that they need a bit more than this. I haven't had a single cold. 'Omicron' was a faintly sore throat for a few days.
You might like the blog of Dr David Grimes, a former UK NHS doctor. He's an expert on vitamin D and health.
Jul 27, 2023·edited Jul 27, 2023Liked by eugyppius
The Otto Kölbl story is mind-blowing, even regardless of the Zhong Nanshan connection. I’ve learned about him via several posts on Reitschuster’s website. Reitschuster and his authors started writing about this absurd figure back in 2021:
Jimmy Gleeson I said at the start, if it was as contagious as they said then half the world would have had it, well before they said anything about it so all the crap was pretty pointless from word go.
Especially by locking people in their homes and then hospitals sending sick people into them. And closing all outdoor activities and facilities including parks…that so many people went along with the scam is beyond disappointing.
I could be wrong but lately it seems that everything the West does hurts the West, but helps China. Germany seems to be intentionally killing its industrial sector, which only helps China. Isn’t China also getting cheaper Russian oil now? China will supply all the solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicle batteries? China has all the lithium? Is this a coincidence, or…?
He was another one who couldn’t keep it in his pants and had an affair while the fear porn was ongoing. If it was as bad and dangerous as he said, he wouldn’t have been wondering about meeting for a roll in the hay, he’s another murdering lying berk.
Indrek Sarapuu I’m being very polite as I’d normally use the c word.
These criminals, and they are criminals walk around without a care in the world Scott free, every single one of them needs rounding up and hanging.
People died needlessly, afraid, lonely and abandoned. I saw customers with real fear, paranoia and some downright weird behaviour that I never thought I’d ever witness with my two own eyes.
I never gave up seeing my family, some were locked working from home living in a whole other world from reality of what was going on and what was real.
They didn’t cancel any Xmas for me either, I took the view that if it was safe enough for me to work, well it was safe enough for me to celebrate with my family.
I made it clear to my neighbours that they’d be no spying from us at our house and they could do as they please from the start.
We all went about our business minding our own as normal.
Get well soon! rising Corona astrologer Christian Drosten seems to be a poor member of scientism. How do these people get where they are, if they are such poor performers. Ah what am I talking about. Look at the person in the white house. How on earth did he get there. And how did the former one get there. And all the former ones.... probably till the first one. Reading about american presidents is a disaster. Dogs would do a better job.
Eugy, is it your contention that lockdown fear porn propaganda coming from China in early 2020 was merely a Cover Your Ass measure for the Chinese elites? We are used to thinking of China as a tyrannical society with a government completely immune to political or popular pressures,* so I am curious the extent to which this isn't true.
It's mysterious. My early theory was that China dreaded a situation where the West did nothing and not much happened, showing up their response as deeply retarded. But that's speculation, nothing sheds light on this. It's also conceivable that separate forces responsible for the Chinese lockdowns, like Zhong, were worried about their credibility internally and pulled in all imaginable favours to promote lockdowns abroad. But, I'm not sure that could account for the highly coordinated nature of lockdown promotion, which to me suggests the Chinese government was involved.
It's the most baffling piece of the puzzle and probably the most important. I'd kill for something like the Venona Papers showing just how much Western elites coordinated with the CCP (and not just on the coof).
Chinas reaction is not puzzling at all, seeing how much social control the CCP has been and is forcing ever more. The Shanghai lockdowns were never about covid, anyone believing so to me is naive. Also, if the CCP were really having a problem with covid, fat chance the bat lady would still be out and about roaming free without so much as a scratch, whether figuratively or literally.
This whole thing stinks like an international co-op of some sort. Social control. Mass psychosis, all play their part.
The hypothesis that lockdowns were fundamentally a policy measure that was overtly or covertly injected from China into the decision-making process of Western political leaders appears to have a lot going for it. The observations in this article add to the evidence that had already been collected elsewhere. However, I am unable to accept that this could have happened without in particular Western intelligence agencies and the security apparatus being aware of it. I cannot imagine them being genuinely "duped" in this way. It is evident that all the measures discussed and implemented have significant repercussions for national security. From this it would appear to follow that there was a fundamental collusion of some sorts, be it explicit or implicit, between policymakers in the People´s republic and those in the West (including the respective security apparatus) concerning the "pandemic" response.
One thing to remember in this context, is how deeply western academia is compromised by China. It's not clear to me intelligence agencies have a good handle on this. When I was a professor in the US, I routinely got job offers to teach summer courses at Chinese universities – they offered me drivers, all kinds of money, free tours of the country, and so on. And I work on dusty ancient history/philology. Imagine the kinds of connections they develop just doing this and nothing more with scientists, public health mandarins, etc. Kölbl and Mayer both had extensive history of teaching positions in China of exactly this kind. Chinese penetration of Germany probably not as great, English is a limiting factor, which I think is why they had to go through these obvious nobodies. In countries like the US, they surely have many more possibilities and control important senior scientists.
Of course, on your point: The intelligence angle will be something that is likely forever hidden from us.
Personally and in decided contrast to Moldbug (if I understand him correctly), I ascribe very little "agency" to Academia as such - I see it being downstream from the Government, Big Business and NGOs, at least. As for the intelligence angle, perhaps some "educated guesses" will be possible in the future also for outside observers. Maybe the future relations between China and the West, which currently appear to have non-positive prospects, will provide additional and critical "data points".
Covid showed that Germany is extremely easily and cheaply to control.
You only need the official media, which are quickly bought off with a few million of ad money.
We have a few TV scientists who will say what they are told, and anybody who is not falling in line is cancelled.
Academia is controlled by the media, and the need to get grants from the government.
Once the state and it's institutions are gleichgeschaltet, it is very easy to get it into any direction.
It is much harder in the USA, since they are different interest groups with power.
Why does it have to be hidden from us when investigative reporters like you and me can be on the case? We would benefit so much from your understanding of the German system if you would look into it!!! Drosten is a major player in the biowarfare-industrial complex. I think Nanshan is too, but haven't looked into him enough. We need so many more people investigating what actually happened.
While I don't disagree that China has far to much influence in all our major institutions, there is the puzzling fact that elite academic institutions are prejudice against Asian students.
Brownstone Institute ran some interesting stories about how NSA drove the US covid response. Matt Pottinger, a deputy National Security Advisor was curiously influential in pushing the "lockdown until vaccination" strategy. He hired Deborah Birx, the head of the White House covid task force (the scarf lady), not the White House. Mr Pottinger began his career with 7 years as a "journalist" in China. If you google his name you'll find he turns up in many interesting places e.g. attending the most recent Bildeburg conference, etc. The US intelligence agencies were pushing for restrictive policies before the public health agencies did. See https://brownstone.org/articles/matt-pottinger-the-us-intelligence-agent-who-pushed-lockdowns/
I'm not surprised, the whole vaccine operation was run by the DOD.
This bullshit story of China China China doesn't even make sense when it comes to the lab leak nonsense... Why would our enemy be cool with us using a lab in their country?
Lab leak = story to promote fear.
The truth is that 2020 total deaths in most nations was not more than the past in most nations, and this is even with the murderous protocols that hospitals used.
I also saw those Brownstone articles when originally published. Shocking how gov't policy can be driven by "take charge" underlings unrestrained by necessary knowledge and legitimate credentials.
Do I recall correctly that Pottinger also has a Chinese wife?
ADDED NOTE: Acc. to Wikipedia today, Pottinger currently serves as Chairman of the China Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD).
Oh, I didn't see the item about a Chinese wife. Even more interesting.
Now, if the "underlings" are driving policy, are they really underlings? I can't help wondering who's operating the Joe Biden sock puppet. Whoever that is seems to escape accountability.
Yes. Western intelligence agencies worked w the Chinese to orchestrate the entire global response - because they had to cover up their GoF/biowarfare research and everything that stemmed from it. Why eugyppius refuses to look into the less obvious aspects of the response and insists that it was all due to the stupidity and incompetence of public health leaders and then mass formation (which definitely happened -- but only as a result of massive propaganda campaign) is a mystery. Would you care to weigh in here, eugyppius?
Don’t forget how the media played a part in all this.
Remember the videos of people walking down the street in China and collapsing, our media showed us that.
They could have rectified all the information towards the public once they knew this never happened. They didn’t, instead they went full on propaganda mode scaring people into this could happen to them.
I don’t care what influence China has in the west, our governments don’t get away with what they put their citizens through, they purposely committed crimes and democide without a second thought, they could have called it out and told the truth, they didn’t.
Have you seen this yet, eugyppius?:
Study: mRNA Covid-19 Vaccinations Cause Myocarditis
July 26, 2023 - European Heart Journal
South Korean researchers have presented groundbreaking findings in a paper published in the European Heart Journal, establishing a link between mRNA Covid-19 vaccinations and fatal myocarditis in 12 individuals under 45 years old.
In eight of these cases, the initial cause of death was misdiagnosed as “sudden cardiac deaths” until post-mortem examinations confirmed vaccine-induced myocarditis. The study states unequivocally, “Vaccine-related myocarditis was the only possible cause of death.”
These unexpected fatalities were identified through South Korea’s stringent reporting system for post-vaccine side effects, which legally mandates the reporting of all myocarditis cases within six weeks of vaccination. Out of nearly 500 cases, 87 were classified as severe, including 85 intensive care admissions, 21 patients requiring heart-lung machines, 13 deaths, and one heart transplant.
In their conclusion, the researchers expressed concern about “sudden cardiac death,” terming it the “most serious and worrisome adverse reaction of COVID-19 vaccination.” They urged for vigilant monitoring or warnings of sudden cardiac death as a potential fatal complication of Covid-19 vaccination, particularly in individuals under 45 receiving mRNA vaccination."
I'd LOVE to hear your thoughts on it!
Is this also about the Swiss study about Moderna where 1 in 35 experienced heart problems? As in myocarditis? Dr. John Campbell went over it yesterday on the YouTube.
Not sure, Charlotte. Haven't digest this whole thing yet, hope to do so tonight.
Neil Ferguson has a lot to answer for.
The only silver lining there is that I now look even more cynically askance at anything involving a model.
Plasticene models would probably have been no worse than Dr Strangelove's predictions and possibly less damaging
Pervasive corruption among intellectual lightweights in bed with the enemy.
P.S. Love your characterization of Christian Drosten as "Corona astrologer."
Get well soon Eugyppius, see off the flu and keep us informed in your inimitable style.
As to the mysteries of who did what to take Germany into lockdown: Chinese whispers comes to mind.
I wonder if we'll ever know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Blighty is engrossed in Nigel Farage's take down of the banking nabobs at Coutts and Nat West, so perhaps similar lockdown revelations might eventually see thevfull light of day.
'I spent much of the weekend sick with the flu...'
Yay! That means Covid is really over, right? 😬
ETA: Seriously, I hope you feel better soon.
thanks Tardigrade. I do feel better, just in that Long Flu vaguely exhausted stage of things
At tge risk of repeating myself, homemade chicken soup, Jägermeister, rest.
You also have Hamburg Open tennis.
Be well!
I advise you to take supplementary vitamin D, probably all year.
I've taken 3,000 IU per day since 2018. Some people discover that they need a bit more than this. I haven't had a single cold. 'Omicron' was a faintly sore throat for a few days.
You might like the blog of Dr David Grimes, a former UK NHS doctor. He's an expert on vitamin D and health.
Unbelievable control and nothing more 🙄
The Otto Kölbl story is mind-blowing, even regardless of the Zhong Nanshan connection. I’ve learned about him via several posts on Reitschuster’s website. Reitschuster and his authors started writing about this absurd figure back in 2021:
https://reitschuster.de/post/wie-ein-mao-anhaenger-am-deutschen-lockdown-mitwirkte/
https://reitschuster.de/post/otto-koelbl-pekings-mann-im-expertenrat-des-bmi/
Funny how much in common Kölbl has with his analogues in other countries, such as Susan Michie (“Stalin’s Granny”) in British SAGE:
https://dailysceptic.org/2022/07/10/sage-panic-mongers-are-back/
Evil is an 'illusion' to these communist religious cultists.
Silly scientists thinking that the virus that was already out on the world could be contained.
Jimmy Gleeson I said at the start, if it was as contagious as they said then half the world would have had it, well before they said anything about it so all the crap was pretty pointless from word go.
Indeed it was and still is.
Especially by locking people in their homes and then hospitals sending sick people into them. And closing all outdoor activities and facilities including parks…that so many people went along with the scam is beyond disappointing.
I love that these connections are just sitting out in the open on twitter. Nice slueth work.
There was no flu this year, again. Just more of the China virus.
I could be wrong but lately it seems that everything the West does hurts the West, but helps China. Germany seems to be intentionally killing its industrial sector, which only helps China. Isn’t China also getting cheaper Russian oil now? China will supply all the solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicle batteries? China has all the lithium? Is this a coincidence, or…?
“#Convid19” in Mayer’s tweet of 20 March - is this a Freudian slip of ever there was one?!?
Every time I see Neil Ferguson's name I simply SMH.
F**k up once, you own up and may get a pass.
F**k up twice, and you lose any credibility you may believe you have.
Oh, and he has none...
He was another one who couldn’t keep it in his pants and had an affair while the fear porn was ongoing. If it was as bad and dangerous as he said, he wouldn’t have been wondering about meeting for a roll in the hay, he’s another murdering lying berk.
Just love your honesty!
Just tell it like it was...
Indrek Sarapuu I’m being very polite as I’d normally use the c word.
These criminals, and they are criminals walk around without a care in the world Scott free, every single one of them needs rounding up and hanging.
People died needlessly, afraid, lonely and abandoned. I saw customers with real fear, paranoia and some downright weird behaviour that I never thought I’d ever witness with my two own eyes.
I never gave up seeing my family, some were locked working from home living in a whole other world from reality of what was going on and what was real.
They didn’t cancel any Xmas for me either, I took the view that if it was safe enough for me to work, well it was safe enough for me to celebrate with my family.
I made it clear to my neighbours that they’d be no spying from us at our house and they could do as they please from the start.
We all went about our business minding our own as normal.
Lizzy, don't get me wrong...
I meant it, when I wrote that I appreciate your honesty...
I, too, have used the C word, both genders, but only in conversation.
Take what I said as the supreme compliment ...
Get well soon! rising Corona astrologer Christian Drosten seems to be a poor member of scientism. How do these people get where they are, if they are such poor performers. Ah what am I talking about. Look at the person in the white house. How on earth did he get there. And how did the former one get there. And all the former ones.... probably till the first one. Reading about american presidents is a disaster. Dogs would do a better job.
Eugy, is it your contention that lockdown fear porn propaganda coming from China in early 2020 was merely a Cover Your Ass measure for the Chinese elites? We are used to thinking of China as a tyrannical society with a government completely immune to political or popular pressures,* so I am curious the extent to which this isn't true.
*This is the case in America sadly
It's mysterious. My early theory was that China dreaded a situation where the West did nothing and not much happened, showing up their response as deeply retarded. But that's speculation, nothing sheds light on this. It's also conceivable that separate forces responsible for the Chinese lockdowns, like Zhong, were worried about their credibility internally and pulled in all imaginable favours to promote lockdowns abroad. But, I'm not sure that could account for the highly coordinated nature of lockdown promotion, which to me suggests the Chinese government was involved.
It's the most baffling piece of the puzzle and probably the most important. I'd kill for something like the Venona Papers showing just how much Western elites coordinated with the CCP (and not just on the coof).
Was China trying to help the West, or harm it?
Chinas reaction is not puzzling at all, seeing how much social control the CCP has been and is forcing ever more. The Shanghai lockdowns were never about covid, anyone believing so to me is naive. Also, if the CCP were really having a problem with covid, fat chance the bat lady would still be out and about roaming free without so much as a scratch, whether figuratively or literally.
This whole thing stinks like an international co-op of some sort. Social control. Mass psychosis, all play their part.