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Well if we're going down that road it seems obvious that they have a pretty strong claim against England, for example.

Hmm yes what could be the difference between these two situations? It's real brain strain!

Well one of them is a deliberate act of rapacity while another is a claim of mishandling of natural disaster but that's probably not the difference you have in mind

One of them is ongoing and one happened over 100 years ago. Missing this simple point seems borderline disingenuous.

Demanding reparations from China falls into the trap of attributing a natural disaster to intentional Chinese malice. I can only find proof of this malice from the outlets that also proved the government created adenochrome chemtrails to convince us all the earth isn't flat

The charge is reckless negligence. If India did this we might understand but China has very granular control over its citizens. It can prevent them from trafficking bats after it causes lung AIDS the first time.

Or - and peep this - the second time. Not seeing a scathing rebuttal from China on the claim that bats and pangolins are once again on the menu!

(said with an impish grin and forked tongue) Thats just their culture and you have to respect it