Published 13:03 IST, June 18th 2020

Cornered China's Xi takes swipe amid Black Lives Matter; pleads against Covid politics

As China gets globally cornered for its lack of transparency regarding the COVID outbreak, Xi Jinping said that they oppose this politicisation & stigmatization

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As China gets globally cornered for its lack of transparency regarding Coronavirus outbreak, its President Xi Jinping on Thursday said that country opposes this 'politicisation and stigmatization' of dely virus. Xi Jinping stated that China stood firmly for 'equity and justice' in world and strongly opposed any 'racial discrimination and ideological bias' in what is also likely a counter amid Black Lives Matter protests ongoing in US and elsewhere. 

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virus which is said to have its origins from wet seafood market in Wuhan has infected over 80,61,549 people and caused 4,40,290 deaths worldwide. United States has constantly accused China of concealing information regarding contagion saying that y should have shared ir data sooner and that every country has obligation to share that information timely and accurately. Recently, US Senator Rick Scott also alleged that China is trying to sabot or slowdown COVID-19 vaccine development by Western countries. 123 countries have appealed for a probe into virus' origins, which was begrudgingly accepted by China at World Health Assembly. 

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13:03 IST, June 18th 2020