When made in china broke the world.

It stands to reason

why the Great Wall

of China was built,

and if China does not

change its degustation menu,

we can all expect another

pandemic next year

following a new horrorscope.

Behind the mask of arrogance

and insolence -

the innocent will die.

Reviews

[Paul Bell]

Beats me why we let the crap into the country.
From Chinese steel to televisions. It's all cheap materials.
We'll see what Biden does with the tariffs.
I reckon this is the kick in the a*s the world needed.

[Tate Morgan]

Well I cant say for sure That China did it on purpose However we put ourselves in a bad way by depending on them so much. Id be all for bringing the jobs back home. I have no mercy for totalitarianism in any form be it china north Korea or our own president gassing and beating our own people for peaceful marching. Perhaps we as a species have brought this on ourselves with our endless consumerism. I mean how many televisions do we really need?

[Vari]

Yes, I do agree with you pandemic is periodic and it will come if we keep nourishing the one who is actually side-stepping us from behind. Fine crafted poem.

[Relic]

What a shame that 'Made in China' takes on a whole different meaning now. Great write, andrew.

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you Tim and I do wonder about the motives of China.

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Though with hush words everyone is saying it..... It's so unfortunate for a whole lot of generation undergoing through this pandemic..... It's devastating, scary, frustrating..... We don't want and can't carry another pandemic like this......

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you Dreamer.

[Einstein Noodle]

most powerful social messaging i have read form you sir ... well done .. sharp and straight to the heart of it .. i am waiting and hopeful the not just the USA ..but other countries as well ...will hold China responsible for their intentional denials, misinformation and at the root of this pandemic .. i sure pray you are wrong about the "next" one ... but the world being what it seems to be .. someone will leak something someday .. with vile intent perhaps :(
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[andrew mitchell]

Thanks Gene, yes China scares me, they are very cold, ruthless government towards others a bit like Japan in World War 2.

[Einstein Noodle]

yes .. just like that :(

[barleygirl]

I'm not into politicizing this pandemic, but I do agree there will be other pandemics, wherever they may originate. I'm starting to accept that face masks is a new normal, even tho I don't own one & I'd rather stay in my solitude than don one. I love your made-up words well-done! I agree with everything in your poem, which says a BUNCH in just a few short lines! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[andrew mitchell]

Many belated Thank You's

[Robert Trakofler]

our industrial meat factories are just as bad as the wet markets of china have you ever seen the inside of an industrial poultry plant? trust me china is not the only country that operates in these conditions I am not disagreeing with the heart of what you are saying but we need to point fingers at ourselves too we are not guiltless in this arena too:(

[Beccy]

Totally agree with every word andrew.

Pandemic aside, the West, and much, though not all of the rest of the world has woken up, albeit rather belatedly, to the fact that China doesn't play fair. They have always played the long game and economically, theirs is a one way street, always has been, and this mindset will not be change, at least not voluntarily. I left my job in the city a little over thirteen years ago now, (when my son was born,) but even then, the signs were there.

Power and money, don't guarantee competence and aside from the fact that China has been splashing the cash like a drunken sailor out on the town; many of their state-owned enterprises are technically bankrupt; and given the huge cost of their overseas infrastructure 'investments,' much of which has withered on the vine; 'tis my belief that the master plan, including BRI, will flounder; as rather like Russia, China finds profit for the people and ideological politics to be uneasy bedfellows.

I have a great deal of time for ordinary Chinese people. No time at all for the legitimacy of a regime that murdered thousands of its own people, during the Tiananmen Square protests, then simply wiped it from the history books.

Beccy.

[John the Baptist]

Indeed, totalitarian governments are not known for their compassion and concern. But what is degustation?