WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) - Trump administration officials have tried taking a political sledgehammer to China over the coronavirus pandemic, asserting that the Chinese Communist Party covered up the initial outbreak and allowed the virus to spread around the globe.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - Trump administration officials have tried taking a political sledgehammer to China over the coronavirus pandemic, asserting that the Chinese Communist Party covered up the initial outbreak and allowed the virus to spread around the globe.
The finding is consistent with reporting by news organisations and with assessments by China experts of the country's opaque governance system. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted the administration was"telling the truth every day" about"the communist cover-up of that virus". The report, originally circulated in June, has classified and unclassified sections, and it represents the consensus of the CIA and other intelligence agencies.
An internal US government assessment of the differences in fault between Chinese leaders and local officials potentially has significant policy implications. Some of Mr Trump's other advisers, notably Mr Navarro, have advocated an economic"decoupling" with China and denounced the trade deal. US officials commissioned the new intelligence report after a Department of Homeland Security analysis said that Chinese central government officials hid the severity of the virus in early January to hoard medical gear.
Mr Alexei Woltornist, a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security, said the agency"does not comment on any allegedly leaked documents".The Chinese government has said it acted quickly to limit the spread of the virus and to warn the world.The new report does not diminish China's culpability, current and former administration officials said.
In early January, WHO officials began concluding that officials in Beijing were hiding information, The Associated Press reported in June, citing internal documents and recordings. A turning point came when a cluster of cases emerged in the southern city of Shenzhen, China, and when medical experts from Beijing visited sites in Wuhan on Jan 19.
But those reports might have been propaganda with exaggerations or falsehoods written to counter foreign news accounts that said Mr Xi had been absent from the coronavirus relief effort.
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