The Chinese foreign minister retaliated against the United States, accusing him of repeatedly seeking to “attack and smear” China.
Beijing, China:
US pushes relations with China “on the brink of a new cold war,” Chinese Foreign Minister said on Sunday with mounting tensions over the coronavirus, Hong Kong status and other problems .
“We have learned that certain political forces in the United States are taking China-US relations hostage and pushing our two countries to the brink of a new cold war,” Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters.
Long-standing friction between the two powers over trade, human rights and other issues has been pushed to new heights since the COVID-19 epidemic.
Wang did not identify which “forces” he was talking about, but US President Donald Trump led global criticism of China’s initial response to the pandemic, which has killed more than 330,000 people and caused economic carnage worldwide .
The Friday introduction into the Chinese legislature of a proposal to impose a security law in Hong Kong to suppress the pro-democracy movement of the semi-autonomous city further raised the temperature, causing the condemnation of the United States and the world.
But Wang retaliated against Washington, accusing him of repeatedly seeking to “attack and smear” China.
“Besides the devastation caused by the new coronavirus, there is also a political virus that is spreading in the United States,” said Wang at a press conference on the sidelines of the annual legislative meeting.
“This political virus is the use of every opportunity to attack and smear China. Some politicians completely ignore the basic facts and have fabricated too many lies targeting China and plotting too many plots.
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