Trump announces measures against China over COVID-19 response and Hong Kong security law

US-China ties have reached a new low as US President Donald Trump has anunced a slew of measures against China which includes suspending visas of thousands of Chinese graduate students enrolled at US universities and deporting m, imposing or sanctions against Chinese officials, cancelling special trade exemptions given to Hong Kong.

decisions have been taken in view of China imposing new security law in Hong Kong snatching human rights and freedom of citizens in Hong Kong, China's discreet way of handling COVID-19 crisis and t alarming world about severity of crisis and its alleged involvement in espion and intellectual property ft by way of students enrolment in US universities.

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'y stopped it from going to China, but t world'

"China's cover-up of Wuhan virus allowed disease to spread all over world, instigating a global pandemic that has claimed over 100,000 American lives and infected over a million lives worldwide. Chinese officials igred ir reporting obligations to WHO," Trump said.

Speaking of China's inability to stop virus from spreading in world when y were able to stop it from spreading in or parts of China, Trump said, "I don't kw if it was incompetence or it was done for some or reason, y stopped it from going to China, but y didn't stop it from going to rest of world. So body likes that. That was t good."

He also anunced that US is terminating its relationship with World Health Organisation (WHO) saying it had failed to adequately respond to coronavirus because China has “total control” over global organization. Trump said that he would be redirecting money to “or worldwide and deserving urgent global public health needs"

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With regards to Chinese parliament imposing new security law on Hong Kong, Trump said, " Chinese government's move against Hong Kong is latest in a series of measures that are diminishing city's long-standing and very proud status. This is a trdy for people of Hong Kong, people of China, and indeed people of world."

"China has replaced its promise of one country, two systems with one country, one system. refore, I am directing my administration to begin process of eliminating policy exemptions that give Hong Kong different and special treatment," he furr said.

(With inputs from ncies)