US ‘Enemy Is the Virus, Not China,’ Says Foreign Ministry of Trump Statements
China is “not interested in meddling” in the November election, said a Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Thursday regarding President Donald Trump’s suggestion Wednesday in a Reuters interview that the COVID-19 pandemic was proof the Chinese “will do anything they can”…
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to make Trump lose his re-election bid. On Trump’s suggestion China should have been more transparent with the world in December to contain the pandemic, the spokesperson said China “contained COVID-19 at home and made important contributions to the global fight.” The coronavirus “is a common enemy to all mankind,” said the spokesperson. “China is a victim, not an accomplice.” He urged “certain people in the U.S.” to make themselves aware “that their enemy is the virus, not China.”