China accuses US President Trump of trying to ‘shift the blame’ for coronavirus pandemic

In a recent turn of event, Beijing accused United States President Donald Trump of trying to ‘shift blame’ for coronavirus pandemic. Donald Trump h on March 20 accused China of covering up information on coronavirus which me 'world suffer'. However, while speaking to an international media outlet, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang reportedly said that some people on US side are trying to stigmatise China’s fight against epidemic and shift blame onto China. 

In an escalating row between two powers, Gang furr reportedly ded that approach igres great sacrifice me by Chinese people to safeguard health and safety of humankind, and slanders China’s major contribution to global public health. He furr also ded that China has shared data with US throughout health crisis. This recent exchange also marked an escalation in a bitter war of words between China and US over past week. 

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US-China blame game 

Meanwhile, Trump launched a scathing attack on China and said world is paying a ‘very big price’ for covering-up facts on coronavirus. During a press briefing along with members of White House Coronavirus Task Force, Trump said that if threats of virus would have been me public at an earlier st, virus could have been contained to area where it started. Trump also accused China of suppressing initial reports of coronavirus outbreak and its severity which caused Chinese and international experts to miss critical opportunities to prevent a pandemic.

Trump even justified branding of vel coronavirus pandemic as ‘Chinese virus’. However, World Health Organisation (WHO) has explicitly vised against it. While China has slammed Trump and or US officials for referring virus as “Chinese Virus” or “Wuhan Virus”, US President has been trying to justify term. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio also lashed out at Trump for stigmatising a race and a particular community saying US President doesn’t need to incite a backlash against alrey suffering Asian-American communities.

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