#China Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying really laid into the #US government today following Trump Pompeo #coronavirus remarks. I asked a question about what the Secretary of State said and I think the answer must have gone for around 15 minutes. Here's a thread on it...
2. I asked about #US President's #coronavirus PearlHarbour 9/11 comparison. She said: “If they're saying this pandemic can be compared to Pearl Harbour or 911 then the enemy the US faces this time is the virus. The US should work with china as comrades in the fight not enemies...
3. [cont] "Only with international cooperation and effort can it be defeated. Instead we see some in the US is shifting the blame...China contained the virus and brought it under control in just over 2 months but now we see 1.2 million cases in there...
4. [cont] "What have they done over the past two months?
They’re the most advanced country in the world. They could have done better than China but why did they let this happen? They should learn from their mistakes before it’s too late...
They’re the most advanced country in the world. They could have done better than China but why did they let this happen? They should learn from their mistakes before it’s too late...
5. [cont] "The US should first focus on containing the virus at home. People’s lives are far more important than these selfish games.” [cont]
7. [cont] "So why does Pompeo say it comes from a Wuhan lab? Where is the evidence? Why can’t he present it? Why is he fabricating such evidence? ...The Wuhan Institute of Virology follows international standards. It is tested every year by international teams... [cont]
8. [cont] "The Institute has co-operation with scientist all over the world. Last year over 70 foreign scholars visited there... [cont]
9. [cont] "When Wuhan was shut down on the 23rd of January there was only one coronavirus case recorded in the US. Now there are 1.2 million cases. What has the US done over the past 100 days? Other countries had time to prepare their responses and intervene why didn’t the US...
11. [cont] "The US talks a lot about whistleblowers. What about Dr HelenChu and Captain Crozier? How are they now? How has the US government dealt with their whistleblowers? Could it be more clear right now who on earth is putting the lives of US people at risk? (ie #US Govt)...
12. [cont] "Is more that 70 thousand dead not enough to awaken us politicians who don’t have the slightest sense of shame? ...Yes this is war. It’s between man and virus, between truth and lies. Shifting the blame does not help anyone...
As has been pointed out and, as you can see from the thread above, there were a bucketload of rhetorical questions at the #China Foreign Ministry press briefing today. ;-)
