SHIFTING BLAMES &SHIRKING RESPONSIBILITIES
While China appeals for international cooperation in the fight against COVID-19, Washington is busy slandering Beijing to divert attention on its own poor response to the pandemic, said a former Serbian diplomat.
On March 16, Trump tweeted to stigmatize China with malicious accusation, which caused controversy and criticism in the United States. Other Washington politicians also questioned transparency and accused China of violating human rights for taking necessary quarantine measures, and beefed up racist talks.
On May 10, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo agitated for "significant evidence" on the virus' origin from Wuhan. However, he did not specify what the evidence is nor deliver any concrete proof to validate his claims.
Trump also accused the World Health Organization (WHO) of "severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus" in April.
"Your power should be focused on caring for others and marshaling resources for disease prevention -- not on deflecting blame, shoring up approval ratings, settling scores or demonizing people because of ethnicity or nationality," read a signed letter published by The New York Times by more than 70 scholars on public health from the United States and China.
