Experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States could have helped China investigate the origin and nature of the "Mysterious" virus, at a time when their Chinese counterparts were overwhelmed and needed more specialized expertise in the field.
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying did not hide her frustration with the United States on February 3, when she said, "The U.S. government has not provided any substantive help to the Chinese side yet. On the contrary, it was the first to withdraw its consulate staff from Wuhan, the first to suggest the partial withdrawal of embassy staff, the first to announce a ban on entry by Chinese citizens after the WHO made it clear that it doesn't recommend and even opposes travel and trade restrictions against China."
On March 20, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson tweeted that "China has not received a penny" from the U.S. government.
The Chinese authorities had reason to distrust Pompeo's words: days before his pledge to help China fight COVID-19, the secretary had called the Chinese Communist Party "The central threat of our times."
Starting in February, U.S. outlets aggressively reported COVID-19 outbreaks in China, and their criticism of the country's handling of the crisis drew the wrath of the Chinese government.
On February 3, The Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece titled, "China is the Real Sick Man of Asia." Although the piece described only the problems in Chinese governance, the headline brought back the historical memory of China being humiliated and bullied by Western powers.
Tom Cotton, the Republican senator from Arkansas who serves on the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee, indicated that the virus might have come from China's biological warfare program, an accusation that Cui considered "Absolutely crazy." However, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, Zhao Lijian, promoted a similar conspiracy theory, suggesting on Twitter that U.S. Army soldiers might have brought the coronavirus to Wuhan.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2020-03-24/us-and-china-could-cooperate-defeat-pandemic
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying did not hide her frustration with the United States on February 3, when she said, "The U.S. government has not provided any substantive help to the Chinese side yet. On the contrary, it was the first to withdraw its consulate staff from Wuhan, the first to suggest the partial withdrawal of embassy staff, the first to announce a ban on entry by Chinese citizens after the WHO made it clear that it doesn't recommend and even opposes travel and trade restrictions against China."
On March 20, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson tweeted that "China has not received a penny" from the U.S. government.
The Chinese authorities had reason to distrust Pompeo's words: days before his pledge to help China fight COVID-19, the secretary had called the Chinese Communist Party "The central threat of our times."
Starting in February, U.S. outlets aggressively reported COVID-19 outbreaks in China, and their criticism of the country's handling of the crisis drew the wrath of the Chinese government.
On February 3, The Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece titled, "China is the Real Sick Man of Asia." Although the piece described only the problems in Chinese governance, the headline brought back the historical memory of China being humiliated and bullied by Western powers.
Tom Cotton, the Republican senator from Arkansas who serves on the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee, indicated that the virus might have come from China's biological warfare program, an accusation that Cui considered "Absolutely crazy." However, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, Zhao Lijian, promoted a similar conspiracy theory, suggesting on Twitter that U.S. Army soldiers might have brought the coronavirus to Wuhan.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2020-03-24/us-and-china-could-cooperate-defeat-pandemic
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