Tag Archives: United States

• US accuses China, Russia of coordinating on virus conspiracies 8 May 2020 | Francesco Fontemaggi This post has 6 comments

  The United States on Friday accused China and Russia of stepping up cooperation to spread false narratives over the coronavirus pandemic, saying Beijing was increasingly adopting techniques honed by Moscow. ...

• Pompeo has no evidence about virus lab leak: China 6 May 2020 This post has one comment

  China hit back Wednesday at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over his claims that the coronavirus originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, saying he "doesn't have any" evidence. ...

• Trump nominee to lead intel community sees China as top threat 5 May 2020 | Paul Handley This post has 2 comments

  President Donald Trump's pick to lead the US intelligence community said Tuesday that he would focus on China as the country's greatest threat, saying Beijing was determined to supplant the United States' superpower position. ...

• Fauci dismisses US claim coronavirus was made in Wuhan lab | Rosie Perper This post has no comments yet

  Dr Anthony Fauci, the US's top infectious-disease expert and a front-facing member of the White House coronavirus task force, has said in a new interview that there is no evidence the new coronavirus was made in a Chinese lab. ...

• Pompeo says ‘significant’ evidence that new coronavirus emerged from Chinese lab 3 May 2020 This post has 2 comments

  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday there was “a significant amount of evidence” that the new coronavirus emerged from a Chinese laboratory, but did not dispute US intelligence agencies’ conclusion that it was not man-made. ...

• China mocks US coronavirus response in Lego-like animation 2 May 2020 This post has no comments yet

  China has published a short animation titled “Once Upon a Virus” mocking the US response to the new coronavirus using Lego-like figures to represent the two countries. ...

• Trump threatens new tariffs on China as US mulls retaliatory action over virus 30 April 2020 | Jeff Mason, Matt Spetalnick and Humeyra Pamuk This post has 4 comments

  US President Donald Trump said on Thursday his hard-fought trade deal with China was now of secondary importance to the coronavirus pandemic and he threatened new tariffs on Beijing, as his administration crafted retaliatory measures. ...

• US panel wants India on religious freedom blacklist 29 April 2020 | Shaun Tandon This post has 4 comments

  A US government panel on Tuesday called for India to be put on a religious freedom blacklist over a "drastic" downturn under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, triggering a sharp rebuttal from New Delhi. ...

• US coronavirus death toll exceeds Americans killed in Vietnam War as cases top 1 million 28 April 2020 | Lisa Shumaker This post has one comment

  The US death toll from the novel coronavirus on Tuesday exceeded the 58,220 American lives lost during the Vietnam War as cases topped 1 million, according to a Reuters tally. ...

• US says China should stop ‘bullying behaviour’ in South China Sea 19 April 2020 This post has 2 comments

  The US called on China on Saturday to stop “bullying behaviour” in the South China Sea and said it was concerned by reports of Beijing’s “provocative actions” aimed at offshore oil and gas developments in the disputed waters. ...