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Within the first 100 days of his administration, an illegally installed fraudulent Czar, Joe Biden says he will reform the U.S. asylum system and the treatment of people at the border with Mexico, specifically calling for a stop to the Trump administration's Migrant Protection Protocols as well as to the policy of "metering" asylum cases. In other words open the southern border.The illegal president-elect also pledges to take away funding toward continued construction of a wall along the southern U.S. border. Czar Biden says he won’t take down parts of the wall that have already been built because he will open the floodgates at the southern ports of entry. The illegal president-elect's immigration plan also would increase government micromanagement over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as well as Customs and Border Protection, calling for the need to hold personnel extremely "accountable for inhumane treatment." This is essentially taking away the law enforcement capabilities of the agency they want to eventually defund and dismantle.Czar Biden says he will convene a coronavirus task force once illegally installed. He will implement immediate coronavirus legislation and it will be brutal and severe like strongly encouraging states to impose massive lock downs and mandatory masks wearing for at least 100 days. If the Covid19 curve isn’t dramatically lowered even though the vaccine is being implemented, he will impose more draconian measures like a nationwide stay at home order. In addition, Czar Biden will release a vaccine distribution plan and quietly implement a way to document contact tracing. Czar Biden says that he will immediately rejoin the World Health Organization (WHO) and keep Dr. Fauci as a close Coronavirus adviser.Czar Biden will immediately reverse Trump's corporate tax cut and raise tax rates on US corporations to massive levels they have never seen in hopes of paying for all of his wasteful programs.Czar Biden says he will make the U.S. an international leader on climate change in one of his longest-standing campaign promises by promising a massive 2 trillion dollar plan that will crush the economy and do little for reversing a global trend of cyclical warming. Actually, it will be another money laundering scheme like Obama had when he gave a half a billion bailout to an energy company called Solyndra that turned around paid off their executives and filed bankruptcy. Biden says he plans to reenter the U.S. immediately into the Paris climate accord of 2015 and throw billions of dollars in it to win back lost allies of global climate change communities. Biden will pledge of a $2 trillion climate plan with money that will need to be printed or borrowed from China since the country is already 29 Trillion Dollars in Debt. The illegal president-elect also heads into office with an extensive set of environmental goals proposed through his clean energy plan, which includes getting the country to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.Czar Biden’s huge promise to the Democratic Socialist Party is for the passage of laws to strengthen the Voting Rights Act (VRA) by allowing every undocumented alien, refugee and dreamer to become legal voters without any proof of citizenship. Biden will sign an executive order to immediately stop family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border by allowing immediate entry into the US with promises of receiving benefits like free housing, EBT cards for food and free healthcare.Czar Biden said he plans to pass an executive order to nullify Trump’s executive order banning travelers from some Muslim-majority countries like Iran and Syria. Czar Biden says he will "immediately rescind" current restrictions that bar people in some Muslim-majority countries from traveling or immigrating to the United States.Czar Biden’s other campaign promise is police reform. Biden says in response to the national outcry that erupted over police killings of George Floyd and other Black Americans, he will institute a national police oversight commission within his first 100 days of taking office and if they recommend defunding the police nationwide he will encourage all mayors and Governors to carry out his orders or face losing federal funding .Czar Biden says he will enact comprehensive criminal justice reform. Biden will carry out set of goals addressed in his campaign promises regarding prison reform and crime prevention. Czar Biden says he will quickly push the Democrat led House to pass the SAFE Justice Act, proposed by Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va. The legislation would include steps to eliminate the use of mandatory minimum sentencing for nonviolent offenses and institute policies geared at lowering systemic racism.Czar Biden has said he intends to "pick up the pieces of Donald Trump's broken foreign policy," vowing to reach out to U.S. allies soon after taking office.Here is the real painful reality of the Czar Biden plan. This is right off Biden’s website and it is a long read, but worth checking out to see what is in the mind of this bureaucratic czar.Czar Biden says that gun violence is a public health epidemic. Almost 40,000 people die as a result of firearm injuries every year in the United States, and many more are wounded. Czar Biden says he has taken on the National Rifle Association (NRA) on the national stage and won twice. In 1993, he helped Congress pass the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, which established the background check system that has since kept more than 3 million firearms out of dangerous hands. In 1994, Biden along with Senator Dianne Feinstein secured the passage of 10-year bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. As president, Joe Biden says that he will defeat the NRA once again.Czar Biden says that he knows how to make progress on reducing gun violence using executive action. After the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, the Obama-Biden Administration took more than two dozen actions, including narrowing the so-called “gun show loophole,” increasing the number of records in the background check system, and expanding funding for mental health services. Czar Biden says that it within our grasp to end our gun violence epidemic and the Second Amendment, which is limited. As Czar, Biden will:Hold gun manufacturers accountable. In 2005, then-Senator Biden voted against the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, but gun manufacturers successfully lobbied Congress to secure its passage. This law protects these manufacturers from being held civilly liable for their products – a protection granted to no other industry. Biden will prioritize repealing this protection.Czar Biden says that he will get weapons of war off our streets. The bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines that Biden, along with Senator Feinstein, secured in 1994 reduced the lethality of mass shootings. But, in order to secure the passage of the bans, they had to agree to a 10-year sunset provision and when the time came, the Bush Administration failed to extend them. As Czar, Biden will: Ban the manufacture and sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Federal law prevents hunters from hunting migratory game birds with more than three shells in their shotgun. That means our federal law does more to protect ducks than children. It’s wrong. Czar Biden will enact legislation to once again ban assault weapons. This time, the bans will be designed based on lessons learned from the 1994 bans. For example, the ban on assault weapons will be designed to prevent manufacturers from circumventing the law by making minor changes that don’t limit the weapon’s lethality. While working to pass this legislation, Czar Biden will also use his executive authority to ban the importation of assault weapons. Regulate possession of existing assault weapons under the National Firearms Act. Currently, the National Firearms Act requires individuals possessing machine-guns, silencers, and short-barreled rifles to undergo a background check and register those weapons with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Due to these requirements, such weapons are rarely used in crimes.As president, Czar Biden will pursue legislation to regulate possession of existing assault weapons under the National Firearms Act. Buy back the assault weapons and high-capacity magazines already in our communities. Czar Biden will also institute a program to buy back weapons of war currently on our streets. This will give individuals who now possess assault weapons or high-capacity magazines two options: sell the weapons to the government, or register them under the National Firearms Act. Reduce stockpiling of weapons. In order to reduce the stockpiling of firearms, Biden supports legislation restricting the number of firearms an individual may purchase per month to one. Keep guns out of dangerous hands. The federal background check system (the National Instant Criminal Background Check System) is one of the best tools we have to prevent gun violence, but it’s only effective when it’s used.Czar Biden will enact universal background check legislation and close other loopholes that allow people who should be prohibited from purchasing firearms from making those purchases. Specifically, Czar Biden will: Require background checks for all gun sales. Today, an estimated 1 in 5 firearms are sold or transferred without a background check. Czar Biden will enact universal background check legislation, requiring a background check for all gun sales with very limited exceptions, such as gifts between close family members. This will close the so-called “gun show and online sales loophole” that the Obama-Biden Administration narrowed, but which cannot be fully closed by executive action alone. Close other loopholes in the federal background check system. In addition to closing the “boyfriend loophole” highlighted below, Biden will:Reinstate the Obama-Biden policy to keep guns out of the hands of certain people unable to manage their affairs for mental reasons, which President Trump reversed. In 2016, the Obama-Biden Administration finalized a rule to make sure the Social Security Administration (SSA) sends to the background check system records that it holds of individuals who are prohibited from purchasing or possessing firearms because they have been adjudicated by the SSA as unable to manage their affairs for mental reasons. But one of the first actions Donald Trump took as president was to reverse this rule. Czar Biden will enact legislation to codify this policy. Close the “hate crime loophole.” Czar Biden will enact legislation prohibiting an individual “who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in its commission” from purchasing or possessing a firearm.Close the “Charleston loophole.” The Charleston loophole allows people to complete a firearms purchase if their background check is not completed within three business days. Czar Biden supports the proposal in the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019, which extends the timeline from three to 10 business days. Czar Biden will also direct the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to put on his desk within his first 100 days as president a report detailing the cases in which background checks are not completed within 10 business days and steps the federal government can take to reduce or eliminate this occurrence. Close the “fugitive from justice” loophole created by the Trump Administration. Because of actions by the Trump Administration, records of almost 500,000 fugitives from justice who are prohibited from purchasing firearms were deleted from the background check system. The Czar Biden Administration will restore these records, and enact legislation to make clear that people facing arrest warrants are prohibited from purchasing or possessing firearms.End the online sale of firearms and ammunitions. Czar Biden will enact legislation to prohibit all online sales of firearms, ammunition, kits, and gun parts. Create an effective program to ensure individuals who become prohibited from possessing firearms relinquish their weapons. Federal law defines categories of individuals who are prohibited from purchasing or possessing firearms, and the federal background check system is an effective tool for ensuring prohibited persons cannot purchase firearms. But we lack any serious tool to ensure that when someone becomes newly prohibited for example, because they commit a violent crime they relinquish possession of their firearms. There are some promising models for how this could be enforced. For example, California has a mandatory process for ensuring relinquishment by any individual newly subject to a domestic violence restraining order.As Czar, Biden will direct the FBI and ATF to outline a model relinquishment process, enact any necessary legislation to ensure relinquishment when individuals newly fall under one of the federal prohibitions, and then provide technical and financial assistance to state and local governments to establish effective relinquishment processes on their own. Incentivize state “extreme risk” laws. Extreme risk laws, also called “red flag” laws, enable family members or law enforcement officials to temporarily remove an individual’s access to firearms when that individual is in crisis and poses a danger to themselves or others. Biden will incentivize the adoption of these laws by giving states funds to implement them. And, he’ll direct the U.S. Department of Justice to issue best practices and offer technical assistance to states interested in enacting an extreme risk law. Give states incentives to set up gun licensing programs. Biden will enact legislation to give states and local governments grants to require individuals to obtain a license prior to purchasing a gun. Adequately fund the background check system. President Obama and Vice President Biden expanded incentives for states to submit records of prohibited persons into the background checks system.As Czar, Biden will continue to prioritize that funding and ensure that the FBI is adequately funded to accurately and efficiently handle the NICS system.Put America on the path to ensuring that 100% of firearms sold in America are smart guns. Today, we have the technology to allow only authorized users to fire a gun. For example, existing smart gun technology requires a fingerprint match before use. Czar Biden believes we should work to eventually require that 100% of firearms sold in the U.S. are smart guns. But, right now the NRA and gun manufacturers are bullying firearms dealers who try to sell these guns. Czar Biden will stand up against these bullying tactics and issue a call to action for gun manufacturers, dealers, and other public and private entities to take steps to accelerate our transition to smart guns. Hold adults accountable for giving minors access to firearms. Czar Biden supports legislation holding adults criminally and civilly liable for directly or negligently giving a minor access to a firearm, regardless of whether the minor actually gains possession of the firearm. Require gun owners to safely store their weapons. Czar Biden will pass legislation requiring firearm owners to store weapons safely in their homes. Empower law enforcement to effectively enforce our gun laws. Prioritize prosecution of straw purchasers. “Straw purchasers” buy a firearm on behalf of an individual who cannot pass a background check. Czar Biden will end those loopholes by enacting a law to make all straw purchases a serious federal crime and ensure the U.S. Justice Department has sufficient resources to prioritize their prosecution. Notify law enforcement when a potential firearms purchaser fails a background check. Too often, when prohibited persons attempting to buy a firearm fail a background check, state and local law enforcement is never informed of the attempt. As Czar, Biden will direct the FBI to set up a process to ensure timely notification of denials to state and local law enforcement, and he’ll support legislation to codify this process. This empowers law enforcement to follow up and ensure prohibited persons do not attempt to acquire firearms through other means.Require firearms owners to report if their weapon is lost or stolen. Responsible gun owners have a responsibility to inform law enforcement if their weapon is lost or stolen. Biden will enact legislation to make this the law of the land.Stop “ghost guns.” One way people who cannot legally obtain a gun may gain access to a weapon is by assembling a one on their own, either by buying a kit of disassembled gun parts or 3D printing a working firearm. Biden will stop the proliferation of these so-called “ghost guns” by passing legislation requiring that purchasers of gun kits or 3D printing code pass a federal background check. Additionally, Biden will ensure that the authority for firearms exports stays with the State Department, and if needed, reverse a proposed rule by President Trump. This will ensure the State Department continues to block the code used to 3D print firearms from being made available on the Internet. Reform, fund, and empower the U.S. Justice Department to enforce our gun laws.Czar Biden will direct his Attorney General (AG) to deliver to him within his first 100 days a set of recommendations for restructuring the ATF and related Justice Department agencies to most effectively enforce our gun laws. So, who will head Czar Biden’s Gustapo, Der Reichsführer-SS Andrew Cuomo, the mass murderer of the elderly in New York.Joe Biden's Plan to End Gun Violence | Joe Biden for PresidentHappy New Year 2021.

I believe the answer is not a matter of “is” but a matter of “when and how.”The American people are as divided and as polarized as in any time in the entire history of the nation, and have been, arguably, for the last 50 years. Such division has intensified with time. Other answers to this question have pointed these divisions out as accurately, or better, than I could, but I will nevertheless attempt to point out the most critical factors.These divisions, in my opinion, are irreconcilable.White supremacy: far too many Americans believe in this abhorrent doctrine and use it as an excuse to elect politicians who implement policies counter to international trends towards egalitarianism and social welfare systems. Acts of intimidation and violence against ethnic minorities have been on the rise, especially since 9/11 and the election of Donald Trump as President.Oligarchy: America has become, at the highest governmental levels, a nation at least heavily influenced, if not outright controlled, by an elite of the wealthiest individuals coupled with major multinational corporations. The interests of the middle class and the poor are largely ignored and the populace manipulated to hate one another based on almost any factor imaginable, including race, gender, sexual orientation and even region of the country one lives in. Again, policies are implemented counter to international trends towards egalitarianism and social welfare systems.Authoritarianism and fascism: American government and society is trending towards a system where fervent nationalism and obedience to the “social order” is enforced by violent, militaristic law enforcement, whose sole aim seems to be command and control of the citizenry to the point of oppression. Individual freedom is suppressed and redefined as obedience to the police state. Deviants from this view are regarded as enemies of the state.There is a point (which I believe will arrive within the next 25 to 50 years), where all of the above will be unacceptable and a “nonstarter” to a certain percentage of the population, (as well as the converse situation, where attempts to address these issues will be unacceptable and a “nonstarter” to those who benefit from them) when separation will be all but inevitable.The nation, in my opinion, will break up into at least three or four regional mini-nations grouped roughly according to similarities in political and social ideology. I will include the Canadian provinces as reference, because in my view, Canada stays completely intact and somewhat unified, and the new American mini-nations will seek stronger political, social and trade alliances with individual provinces.This separation need not be a result of, or lead to, a Second Civil War. A negotiated and peaceful separation and dissolution of the United States can be arranged with the assistance of the United Nations, the European Union or the UK.Please feel free to elaborate, comment, or correct me if I am in error, based on your understanding and experience with these regions.The Pacific seaboard: California, Oregon and Washington, allied with British Columbia, will form a politically left-leaning bloc with at least some of the increasingly politically moderate Intermountain states reluctantly joining in: Nevada will most likely join as it has libertarian leanings, and at least since 2008 has been majority-Democratic Party in regards to number of registered voters. Arizona, long a conservative bastion, is becoming more moderate and may also join this bloc for several reasons including water access issues with the Colorado River. Colorado and New Mexico will likely attempt to join as they are also relatively moderate states with Democratic voter majorities at least in their larger urban areas and college towns.Conservative-leaning Alaska and Utah (although Salt Lake City may be more accurately regarded as “moderate”) might be pulled into the coalition simply by inertia, but see #6 below.The border with Mexico will be significantly relaxed and opened up.The New Confederacy: Most of the old Confederate states will join into a coalition.The state of Florida may divide, with the southern counties loosely or even officially aligning with Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Commonwealth islands such as Jamaica into a “United States of the Caribbean.” There is already an economic federation called CARICOM, the Caribbean Community, which would be a good fit to become a recognized political union similar to the EU, and also a good fit for an independent South Florida and Puerto Rico to join in the event of the breakup of the USA. Of course, Cuba will be included as well, and possibly even Bermuda, which is actually located well north of the defined Caribbean region (and is already an associate member of CARICOM).Because of the strong emphasis on international tourism, the Orlando region (Orange and Osceola counties mainly) would be politically organized as an independent free trade zone administered by the Walt Disney Company and other companies with an economic stake in the region.The Midwest: Illinois, Iowa, much of Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and maybe Ohio will become a politically moderate-to-liberal bloc. This bloc will form strong ties to Ontario and Manitoba.Southern Indiana and Missouri may join the New Confederacy. But I wonder if Missouri may join the Midwestern bloc.The Northeast/Mid-Atlantic: Much of the northern part of the original 1776 states will become a politically libertarian/left-leaning bloc with Ohio possibly joining in. Ohio will be the link between this and the Midwestern bloc. Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire will especially align with Quebec and the Maritimes/Atlantic provinces.Texas: Texas will be its own bloc allied loosely with the New Confederacy. Oklahoma, Kansas and possibly Missouri will be pulled in.The border with Mexico will remain as semi-closed as it is currently.The High Plains/Rockies: The Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska will be a politically centrist/libertarian bloc. Idaho, Utah and possibly some of the eastern/southern counties of Washington and Oregon, and even some of the northern counties of California and Nevada, might at least be aligned with this. (There was a brief secession movement in the time right before World War II in southern Oregon/far northern California called the “State of Jefferson”, these counties lean libertarian if not outright conservative even to this day; Donald Trump carried most of these counties in 2016 by a wide margin.) I see even Alaska trying to align with this group. This bloc will seek common ground with conservatives in Saskatchewan and Alberta.EDIT October 2020: I am revisiting this answer one month before the 2020 US presidential election, which has again underscored the above differences, but also revealed a deep desire among much of the population to give it one “last try” to come together and make a stand against what appears to be rapidly growing fascism and white supremacy, perceived to be approved and mandated at the highest levels of government under the Trump administration.Demographic changes nationwide, and notably in the South and in Texas, are changing how I view things, as African Americans, as well as other ethnic and racial minorities, have been engaging in a new and ongoing civil rights movement (Black Lives Matter) in response to what has turned out to be numerous officer-involved incidents in the last few years where Black people have died at the hands of law enforcement. Many White allies have joined this movement. Hispanic/Latino (including undocumented immigrants from Latin America, many subject to increased hostility and official efforts to “deter” them from trying to enter the US, including separating children from their families at the border with Mexico and holding migrants in what amounts to concentration camps) and Native/indigenous communities have also renewed activism and calls for greater justice, acceptance and inclusion.As of October 1, early voting in a handful of states is at record levels. Voter registration in several states is at record levels. States which have historically been GOP strongholds are now clearly regarded as “battleground” states where massive voter turnout could make for literally shocking and unprecedented results.However, resistance, and some of it organized, from groups generally regarded, and some officially labeled, as white supremacist is quite stubborn (members of these groups, many among them carrying weapons, have clashed with left-wing/Black Lives Matter protesters in cities nationwide, with a handful of tragic deaths), and president Donald Trump, especially in his first official debate with challenger, former VP Joe Biden, seen by many as actually encouraging these groups to engage in violent acts in an effort to protect their racist views, and by extension, an administration seen by many Americans to be unacceptably unfriendly to the concerns of minorities, as well as to concerns about the economy, climate change, etc..The COVID-19/coronavirus global pandemic, which has resulted in over 200,000 deaths in the United States alone since February, and the resulting massive disruptions to American daily life and the American economy, cast a gloomy shadow over the entire proceedings. Major public events canceled. Entire cities, including Las Vegas with its massive hotels and casinos, completely shut down for weeks. Sports leagues playing games to empty arenas with athletes quarantined in dedicated “bubble” environments.Millions have become unemployed. Many of those who still have jobs are working from their homes in record numbers, as reporting for work in an office building could facilitate spread of the virus. Those who cannot work from home have become accustomed to wearing face masks and face shields, and these are not necessarily limited to doctors, nurses and first responders - even the likes of restaurant workers and supermarket checkout clerks are taking similar precautions. Clear differences in approach and opinion of how this disease is managed from a public health standpoint, from state to state depending largely upon conservative or moderate/liberal ideology. The Trump administration seen largely as taking a hands-off approach, especially early on in the crisis, which has arguably cost a LOT of lives.Bitter arguments and even physical altercations have happened over the simple practice of wearing a mask to help stop the spread of this virus. There is a global effort to create a viable vaccine, but the timeline to implementation is at least Q1 2021 and that’s being optimistic. Thousands more could potentially fall victim to this disease in the meantime.As much as the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the ongoing divisions in America, many Americans have also become united in grief for those lost and in a desire to work together to come up with real solutions to “get back to normal.”The American republic might get an extension on its survival, but one month from election day, there are still far too many variables to have the most clear picture.EDIT (February 2021): The bitterly contested, yet ultimately decisive, election victory of Joe Biden, as well as the horrific events at the U.S. Capitol of January 6 (along with Mr. Trump’s disgustingly defiant refusal to concede and his efforts to overturn the election results literally by hook and by crook a shamefully defiant and tragic response to that victory), as well as the second impeachment of Mr. Trump and subsequent delaying of the trial and eventual acquittal, DO NOT give me much long-term confidence that our Union will remain intact. Immediately after the impeachment acquittal, the now-former president issued a somewhat defiant statement basically saying “I ain’t goin’ nowhere.” There are still too many Americans that believe Trump should somehow remain in office and will gladly vote to put him (or someone even more dangerous) back in power. And there are too many Americans who think the former group are crazy and dangerous. Not a good recipe for national healing and unity. However, criminal litigation is pending at least in New York State and elsewhere. This story is only just beginning.

The Global Times is a newspaper which comes under the purview of the People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Global Times has been labelled by some scholars and writers as "China's Fox News" for its propagandistic slant and the monetization of nationalism. It is part of a broader set of Chinese state media outlets that constitute the Chinese government's propaganda apparatus.Global Times itself has been found to publish many unfounded conspiracy theories and disinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, on 23 Feb 2020, Global Times published an article speculating that COVID-19 might have been active and misidentified as influenza in the United States in 2019. The article quoted social media speculation that U.S. participants in the Military World Games in October might have carried the virus to Wuhan.On 23 Apr 2020, it published another story headlined: "Scientists ‘unable to judge’ if US lab is virus source due to lack of govt response." The article cited “viral reports alleging that the novel coronavirus was leaked from a U.S. military biochemical laboratory.” It also wrote, “The remarks came amid circulating reports alleging that the Fort Detrick laboratory, which handles high-level disease-causing materials such as Ebola, in Fredrick, Maryland, may be the origin of the deadly novel coronavirus, which has infected more than 2.6 million Americans with nearly 20,000 deaths as of 4:30 pm Thursday. The lab was ordered to shut down in July 2019, reportedly for multiple causes, including failure to follow local procedures and a lack of periodic recertification training for workers in the biocontainment laboratories.” The claim that there were “reports” about a virus being leaked from the Fort Detrick lab is, of course, false.So, when Global Times said Sinovac's vaccine is 100% effective, one should view its claims in a proper perspective - that behind its publication is the Chinese Communist Party, the government of China.With regard to Sinovac, the company itself seems to be muddled with controversies. Fortune Magazine published an article on 8 Jan 2021, highlighting some of the company's checkered history. It has been noted that the 19-year-old Beijing-based company is currently embroiled in a years-long corporate governance battle and plagued by allegations of corruption.Sinovac CEO admits to bribing Chinese vaccine regulatorSinovac was founded in 2001 by Yin Weidong, a doctor who started his career in the 1980s in China's northern city of Tangshan.Soon after the company's founding, China battled an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). In response to the outbreak, Yin developed the only SARS vaccine to reach Phase I trials. SARS, a less contagious disease than COVID-19, largely disappeared in 2004, meaning that Sinovac’s SARS vaccine was never needed. Yin then went on to develop other vaccines.In 2016, China sentenced the former deputy director of China's Food and Drug Administration to 10 years in prison after he admitted to accepting bribes from 2002 to 2013 in exchange for helping manufacturers speed up or gain drug approvals. In court, he acknowledged that he had received bribes from Yin as Sinovac sought regulatory approval for its vaccines for hepatitis A, SARS, avian flu, foot-and-mouth disease and influenza A. In exchange, the former vaccine regulator admitted he had helped “accelerate the approval process” for Sinovac’s vaccines. In fact, Yin who is also the Sinovac CEO, testified in the trial that he had given over US$83,000 in bribes to the Chinese regulator for approvals of his company's vaccines.Information of the 2016 trial in China was actually dug up by Washington Post and published recently (Dec 2020). Washington Post said that a number of details from the court cases have not been reported previously, in part because of China’s censored media. What's interesting is that neither Yin nor Sinovac was charged by the Chinese authorities, despite Yin admitting to giving bribes. In his defence, Yin said in a testimony that he could not refuse demands for money from a regulatory official. Yin got away with the bribery scandal scot-free and continues to oversee the company’s development of the coronavirus-vaccine.A review of public records and trial testimonies by The Washington Post reflects that Sinovac’s rise to the front ranks of China’s vaccine industry took place with the help of priority projects from Beijing and kickbacks to officials who assisted in regulatory reviews and sales deals.Instabilities in Sinovac's corporate governanceIn February 2018, a group of Sinovac investors sought to wrest control of the company away from Yin. The investors alleged that Yin's history of corrupt practices made him unfit to serve on the company's board, but Sinovac claimed it was an "ambush" and declared the takeover invalid.Undeterred, a group of investors raided Sinovac’s Beijing offices in April 2018 in an attempt to snatch away the company’s official seal, legal documents, financial filings, and information systems from Yin's management.In February 2019, Sinovac's management retaliated by activating a financial weapon called a “poison pill” to stop the attempted takeover, issuing itself 28 million new shares to dilute investors' control over the company. Sinovac triggered the poison pill, which was written into the company's by-laws, after Sinovac claimed investors secretly conspired to amass over a 15% stake in the company.The Nasdaq, where Sinovac had debuted in 2012, suspended trading of the firm's stock following the poison pill, since the number of shares Sinovac traded on the platform were in dispute. Till now, Sinovac's stock remains suspended, as lawsuits over the corporate battle ensue. Its suspension is one of the longest ever in the U.S.Amazingly, with its U.S. shares suspended, Sinovac could still raise capital to fund its COVID-19 vaccine development. In April 2020, the state-backed Bank of Beijing provided Sinovac US$8.5 million low-interest-rate loan to begin construction on its first COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing plant on 70,000 square meters of land that a branch of the Beijing government sourced for the company. In May and June, Sinovac raised an additional US$32 million from private investors and Brazil's São Paulo state to accelerate vaccine development and conduct clinical trials.Meanwhile, the Philippines government has announced its own probe into Sinovac's corporate history. The Philippines health minister said the probe would investigate whether Sinovac had paid bribes in connection to its COVID-19 vaccine but no evidence has been presented thus far by the Philippines government.Corruption in China’s pharmaceutical industry is a long-running problem in China and vaccine mishaps continue to occur in recent years. In 2018, Sinovac’s larger rival Sinopharm recalled 400,000 shots of diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus vaccine for substandard quality.In any case, if anyone would like to use Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine, one should take its spotty corporate history into consideration.Ref:People's Daily - WikipediaGlobal Times - WikipediaChinese Again Float U.S. Biolab Conspiracy TheoriesChina’s Coronavirus Information OffensiveA drugmaker's spotty corporate history may haunt its 78% effective COVID-19 vaccinehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/coronavirus-vaccine-china-bribery-sinovac/2020/12/04/7c09ae68-28c6-11eb-9c21-3cc501d0981f_story.html