Chinese Companies 'Shipped Out Millions Of Masks, Hand Santiser And Gloves' From Australia, Canada & More

A Chinese government-backed property giant amassed Australia’s supplies of masks, hand sanitiser, antibacterial wipes and shipped them to China.https://t.co/OAJDuBmz44

— news.com.au (@newscomauHQ) March 26, 2020

A Chinese government-backed property giant has secretly raided in bulk Australia’s supplies of masks, hand sanitiser, antibacterial wipes and essential medical supplies and shipped them back to China.

The Greenland Group, which manages high-end real estate projects in Sydney and Melbourne, proactively drained Australian supplies of anti-coronavirus equipment, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.

Three million surgical masks, 500,000 pairs of gloves and bulk supplies of sanitiser and wipes were bought up in Australia and other countries where Greenland operates.

[...] They were accumulated at Greenland’s Sydney headquarters and sent to China over weeks in January and February.

As coronavirus locked down Wuhan, the global Fortune 500 company put its normal work on hold and instructed staff in Australia, Canada, Turkey and elsewhere to source supplies.

Pallet loads of items including thermometers and 700,000 hazmat suits were sent to China, the Herald reported.

[...] It was reported Greenland's Australian managing director Sherwood Luo even posted about it on social media.

He posted on Facebook in February: "Greenland Australia is taking action. The second batch of non-contact forehead thermometers will soon take off to China!"

How did Australia let this happen? Chinese property company flew 90 tons of medical supplies to Wuhan incl. 100,000 protective coveralls, 900,000 pairs of medical gloves, surgical masks, thermometers, antibacterial wipes, hand sanitisers, gloves, Panadol. https://t.co/WFCVioTWco

— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) March 26, 2020

A second Chinese property company based in Sydney flew more than 80 tonnes of medical supplies on a corporate jet to Wuhan in late February, at the time coronavirus was devastating the regional city.

"The chartered plane with 90 tons (82 tonnes) of medical supplies, including 100,000 most needed protective coveralls and 900,000 pairs of medical gloves, has successfully departed from Sydney and arrived in Wuhan on 24 Feb," Risland Australia posted on its LinkedIn page.

Risland, formerly known in Australia as Country Garden, is a totally owned subsidiary of Country Garden Holdings, one of China’s largest property developers.

Its major shareholder is 38-year-old Yang Huiyan, the richest woman in China.

[...] A whistleblower from the company has told the Herald it was a worldwide Greenland effort - and the Sydney office was no different, sourcing bulk supplies of surgical masks, thermometers, antibacterial wipes, hand sanitisers, gloves and Panadol for shipping.

"Basically all employees, the majority of whom are Chinese, were asked to source whatever medical supplies they could," one company insider told the Herald. This went on for weeks through January and February, he said.

Canadian doctors are currently sounding the alarm that our health care system is lacking much needed supplies as we face an inevitable uptick in COVID-19 cases. They worry about everything from ventilators in ICUs to gloves for family physicians and specialists.

These were the concerns voiced by Dr. Kulvinder Gill, President of the Concerned Ontario Doctors, when she joined me on National Post Radio on SiriusXM Canada Talks Wednesday morning.

One particularly troubling fact that Gill pointed out is that Canada very recently gave away 16 tonnes of medical equipment to China.

On Feb. 9, Global Affairs Canada announced that: "To support China's ongoing response to the outbreak, Canada has deployed approximately 16 tonnes of personal protective equipment, such as clothing, face shields, masks, goggles and gloves to the country since February 4, 2020."

It’s been reported Asians travelling in buses with trailers are travelling to Aussie regional areas, arriving early to grocery shops & bulk buying then travelling to the next town. For years we let these people legally steal Australian baby formula. So what did we expect 😡 pic.twitter.com/IuBDHq6YnJ

— But What Would I know (@whatwouldiknow1) March 18, 2020