Donald Trump accuses China of causing 'great damage' to US and rest of the world

Mounting yet ar attack on China, US President Donald Trump said on July 6 that China has t only caused a “great dam” to America but also to rest of world. In recent weeks, China has taken centre st for criticism eir due to its military advancements or political ones. World leaders from Canada to UK, US and Australia have raised ir voices against China’s controversial national security law on former British colony, Hong Kong but Beijing has mand to brush off all ir ‘deep concerns'.

Moreover, since beginning of coronavirus contagion that originated in China, two of world’s biggest powers have indulged in a war of words publicly. While Beijing has accused Washington of being a ‘hypocrite’, US has retaliated by condemning Asian superpower’s slow response to COVID-19 crisis that furr delayed its global response. Recently, marking its involvement in tensions in Indo-Pacific region, one B-52 Stratofortress bomber participated in a maritime integration exercise with USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan carrier strike groups in South China Sea on July 5.

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China says US is trying to flex muscles

However, Chinese Foreign Minister Zhao Lijian reportedly said that US was attempting to flex its muscles by deepening rift between nations by deliberating deploying ships at South China Sea. United States has strongly opposed China’s military advancements on South China Sea and has called it against law. As per Pentagon’s statement, such moves by Beijing stand in violation to China’s commitments under 2002 Declaration on Conduct of Parties in South China Sea to refrain from activities that would furr disrupt peace in region. 

However, this is just tip of iceberg as relations between both nations currently stand at an all-time low, ranging from US sanctions calling out Asian superpower for its actions to 'racial slurs' by Trump such as calling coronavirus 'Klung-flu'. However, recently Zhao had even pledged to 'countermeasures' from China in response to all actions Trump administration has taken against Chinese Communist Party. 

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