'They tried to protect it going around the rest of China but they didn't care about it going around the rest of the world,' former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said.
"They tried to protect it going around the rest of China but they didn't care about it going around the rest of the world," said Bannon, who used to run far-right Breitbart News. A more transparent response from the Chinese government could have saved lives and prevented economic damage, he added.. At least 228,000 people have died.the number of deaths and cases in the country. According to JHU data, there are just under 84,000 confirmed cases in China and 4,637 deaths.
. But some believe focusing on recriminations over the pandemic risks overlooking the vital ties that remain between the two countries. "Now, more than ever, the U.S. economy needs China's support to provide goods to the retail market, purchase American products, deliver medical supplies and protective equipment, and soon, to share the vaccine that's being developed there," said, a professor of government at Cornell University and an expert in China's domestic politics.
Speaking to CNBC last week, Weiss also noted that promises, like Bannon's, to "hold China accountable" for the coronavirus pandemic have no basis in the real world.The United States isn't the only place where China's handling of the outbreak is facing scrutiny. Governments across the globe have questioned why Chinese authorities withheld early reports of a new virus emerging in the city of Wuhan.
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