The Afternoon Session

Linfa: To begin, I want to address the issues raised by Zhengli this morning regarding the online trolls. As mentioned, steps have been taken - Zhengli - if you still receive any negative messages then please report them to The Party via Gong Peng Secretary - he will follow up. In the meantime, it’s important you do not respond. 

Zhengli: How can I defend … ?

Linfa: That’s our job. Do not respond. In fact, you're banned.  We all are. This is a strict order from above - I fully agree with it.

Zheng-li: Ok, so we can put a stop to it here - what happens when it hits the west? You can't just censor information there ...

Linfa: Yes … and No.  There are things we can do.  And this is what I want to address.

There's Ian Lipkin, as we know, Eddie, Peter & Ralph of course, most of WHO - then there’s the people they know - the higher-ups,  Fauci, Collins, Farrar, Drosten, Tedros - Nature, Lancet, Science etc… They’re all on board. 

Then there's: who they know. 

(Wang Director raises hand) Yes, Wang Director:

Wang Director:  It’s important to see this in the overall context of our United Front Work Department program. Linfa of course was one of our model graduates in 1986 when he was placed at UC Davis, then CSIRO Australia. Today there are thousands of Chinese patriots seeding academic institutions globally - influencing the influencers  This is something we have been patiently preparing for -  Linfa is a pioneering hero in this Long March. (clapping)

Linfa:  Thanks Wang Director.  I'm just a boring scientist at heart. (laughter) The point is, as you say, the thousands who've befriended networks - the goal is to connect the networks globally.  The time to activate has arrived. This is what we’ve been waiting for.  We're not going into this on a wing-and-a-prayer - we have capability

Wang Director: Let’s not forget Biden - we have Hunter.

Zhengli: But Trump’s in charge - not Biden - he’s …

Linfa: For now. Let’s see how he goes with SARS-WIV-8 running rampant. 

The fact is, this is our chance to demonstrate - to the world - that our system of government is the best model for global adoption in the new era.

Zhengli: All these foreigners we’re relying on - I mean, I like Peter & Ian, but they're egotists - In ...

Linfa:  Which is why flattery works so well on westerners!

Zhengli:  Haha! But in the heat of battle, can we trust them - their temperament? 

Linfa: Short answer: no. But we can trust them to protect their self-interests. They’re all in this as deep as we are.  Deeper. They stand to gain enormously if we're successful - lose badly if we're not - worse than us, potentially - at least we have stable government backing us. (audible assent from others)

Zhengli:  So what are they going to do to help in a practical sense exactly? We need some public show of support, a statement.

Linfa: Good question. Let’s take a 10-minute  break - think about your suggestions - we'll discuss practicalities when we get back. I should mention, we're already negotiating a WHO investigation, so thoughts other than that.