In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping talks by video with patients and medical workers at the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei Province, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. (Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via AP)

Earlier this week, I wrote about how the New York Times allowed Cui Tiankai, China’s ambassador to the United States, premium op/ed space to deceptively call for peace and harmony between China and the United States as the battle against the Wuhan coronavirus rages on.

Two days after the China op/ed was published, State Dept. spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus tweeted out a screen grab of the piece, welcoming the offer but noting that China must begin being honest and forthcoming with all necessary information, and to allow people to be able to speak freely about it:

The U.S. welcomes China’s call to combat the #COVID19 pandemic together. We urge Beijing to share all virus data, let intl teams investigate how the outbreak began in China, & allow citizens free speech. True cooperation requires transparency & real actions, not just rhetoric. pic.twitter.com/zCeyJQwReZ

— Morgan Ortagus (@statedeptspox) April 7, 2020

China’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying replied by remarking on the Captain Brett Crozier incident, falsely insinuating the United States had tried to silence him regarding the conditions of some of his crew members. She also accused the U.S. of ordering the firings of healthcare workers who have been critical about alleged supply/equipment shortages:

Welcome to China anytime and talk to anyone in the streets to enjoy the freedom. BTW Where is freedom & transparency when Captain Crozier was dismissed for a letter to save thousands of lives and medical workers fired for talking about working conditions? pic.twitter.com/l95kYPzTO3

— Hua Chunying 华春莹 (@SpokespersonCHN) April 9, 2020

Oh no she didn’t go there!?

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr saw her snide reply and took the opportunity to drop multiple truth bombs on her regarding China’s Wuhan virus whistleblowers:

Great!

First, I would like to speak with Dr. AI Fen.

She worked at Wuhan Central Hospital and tried to sound the alarm on the virus.

Could you un-disappear her so we could speak?https://t.co/yvxGSKSEk9 https://t.co/mbL08cR4tW

— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) April 10, 2020

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2. Next, I’d like to speak with Chen Qiushi and Fang Bin – two video bloggers that tried to bring the world a glimpse of Wuhan unfiltered by your Communist regime.

Could you un-disappear them so we could speak?https://t.co/0ndiKKjQYZ

— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) April 10, 2020

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3. I’d like to speak with Li Zehua next.

He worked as a journalist in Wuhan and refused to stay silent on Covid. In his last report, he live-streamed his own arrest.

Could you un-disappear him so we could speak?https://t.co/KHg7JzqcJh

— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) April 10, 2020

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4. I’d then like to speak with Xu Zhiyong.

He was arrested after he criticized your party leader for his botched handling of the coronavirus outbreak.

Could you un-disappear him so we could speak? https://t.co/8SLrohSMPs

— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) April 10, 2020

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5. They’re not available for comment? That’s odd.

Then let me speak with Ren Zhiqiang.

He committed the high crime of writing an article criticizing your regime’s attempt to cover up the Covid outbreak.

Could you un-disappear him so we could speak?https://t.co/8vPghCb4T1

— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) April 10, 2020

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6. Ok, how about the hero doctor Li Wenliang then?

He was dragged to a police station in the middle of the night and forced to recant the early warning he wanted the world to hear.https://t.co/8B8UNZKHK0

— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) April 10, 2020

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7. Could I speak with Xu Zhangrun?

He’s a law professor in Beijing that wrote an essay titled “Viral Alarm.”

It says what the world knows: your authoritarian regime and censorship hindered efforts to slow Covid’s spread.

Could you un-disappear him?https://t.co/rSrDFkYf1v

— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) April 10, 2020

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8. I’d then like to speak with Xie Linka who worked at Wuhan Union Hospital.

She joined other Wuhan health officials in trying to sound the alarm on Covid before being berated and forced into silence by communist officials.

Can I speak with her?https://t.co/Yx1V3Z3Byk

— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) April 10, 2020

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9. @SpokespersonCHN does your offer still stand? Or has it suddenly disappeared as things tend to do over there?

— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) April 10, 2020

Nothin’ but net! Don’t need to add anything else to that. ‘Nuff said.

(Hat tip: John Sexton at Hot Air)