How Trump made Covid-19 an ally, and almost won the Presidency
4 years, 2 months ago

How Trump made Covid-19 an ally, and almost won the Presidency

India Today  

In interviews to the Washington Post’s Bob Woodward in the first quarter of this year, Donald Trump confided that he knew how dangerous Covid-19 was, but was downplaying the havoc the virus could cause so that people didn’t “panic”. A “democrat hoax”, amplified by Trump’s sidekicks at Fox News—the channel that Trump’s half of America watches, at the exclusion of everything else. Covid-19 was initially called “Kung Flu”, and later the “China virus.” An Asian reporter, asking a question about the pandemic, was told: “Why don’t YOU ask CHINA?” The emphasis is Trump’s. >> The groundwork was now laid for Trump’s calls to “liberate” democrat run states and push armed militia out on to the street as if a revolution was about to take place.

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US-China relations: Beijing calls for reset in bilateral tieunder President Donald Trump
3 weeks, 3 days ago

US-China relations: Beijing calls for reset in bilateral tieunder President Donald Trump

Live Mint  

China’s top diplomat expressed hope on Tuesday that the incoming Trump administration would foster cooperative ties with Beijing, hours after former President Donald Trump remarked that the COVID-19 pandemic had strained his once-cordial relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as per Reuters. “We hope the new U.S. administration will make the right choice and work with China in a mutually-beneficial …

U.S. and China must 'get along', Xi tells Trump
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2 months ago

U.S. and China must 'get along', Xi tells Trump

Raw Story  

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday Beijing and Washington must find a way to "get along" in a message to US president-elect Donald Trump, state media reported. In his first message to Trump since the former president secured a second term, Xi said "history has shown that China and the United States benefit from cooperation and suffer from confrontation", state …

China is bracing for fresh tensions with Trump over trade, tech and Taiwan
2 months ago

China is bracing for fresh tensions with Trump over trade, tech and Taiwan

Associated Press  

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The first time China faced Donald Trump in the White House, there was a trade war, a breach of protocol involving Taiwan’s former leader, and a president-to-president bromance that turned sour. A new tariff war looms Perhaps the biggest consequence for China — if Trump stays true to his campaign promises — is his threat to slap …

Beijing reacts cautiously to Donald Trump’s presidential win, emphasises 'mutual respect' in US-China ties
2 months ago

Beijing reacts cautiously to Donald Trump’s presidential win, emphasises 'mutual respect' in US-China ties

India TV News  

Amid Donald Trump's historic victory in the recently concluded US polls, China on Wednesday exercised utmost caution in its statement regarding his win. Speaking to the media, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning asserted that Beijing will continue to manage its relationship with the US in accordance with the principles of mutual respect. Notably, while carefully addressing Trump’s victory, the …

Trump claims COVID-19 started when 'dust flew in from China'
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump claims COVID-19 started when 'dust flew in from China'

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump blamed COVID-19 on "dust" that "flew in from China." "In terms of overall, I think I did an amazing job with COVID," the former president insisted. "I never got great credit on the fighting of the China virus, which is COVID, but we call it the China virus because we like to be accurate," he continued. …

Watch: Jamie Raskin turns tables on GOP by reading Trump's statements gushing over China
1 year, 10 months ago

Watch: Jamie Raskin turns tables on GOP by reading Trump's statements gushing over China

Raw Story  

Rep. Jamie Raskin on Tuesday turned the tables on his Republican colleagues by reminding them of former President Donald Trump's repeated past statements heaping praise on the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. During a House Oversight Committee hearing, Raskin responded to accusations by Rep. Lauren Boebert that accused the media of trying to silence questions about the Chinese government's …

China's Xi Jinping has a plot to infect the world, spread new Covid-19 variant, warns Mike Pompeo
2 years ago

China's Xi Jinping has a plot to infect the world, spread new Covid-19 variant, warns Mike Pompeo

Firstpost  

Washington: Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned that Chinese President Xi Jinping has a plot to infect the world and spread a new Covid-19 variant. The former Trump official told radio host John Catsimatidis that Covid could rapidly spread across the globe because more Chinese residents are now free to travel after the Xi administration dropped its strict …

AP News Digest 7 a.m.
2 years ago

AP News Digest 7 a.m.

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. CAPITOL RIOT-INVESTIGATION-FINDINGS — A massive final report released by …

Covid-19 outbreak AGAIN sparks meme fest on Twitter; netizens question 'New Year 2023 plans'
2 years ago

Covid-19 outbreak AGAIN sparks meme fest on Twitter; netizens question 'New Year 2023 plans'

India TV News  

The COVID-19 virus shook the world in 2019 after it was first reported in China's Wuhan. While the holiday season is in full swing and people are planning travel and vacation plans, the unexpected outbreak in China has completely derailed their plans. A few people also voiced their concern and urged the government to immediately ban all exchange with China. …

Covid a result of China 'lab leak’, hints US Senate report
2 years, 2 months ago

Covid a result of China 'lab leak’, hints US Senate report

Hindustan Times  

Republicans in the US Senate on Thursday presented a report on how Covid-19 virus could have started from a laboratory leak, although underscoring that the findings still lack indisputable evidence. The report is seen as an attempt by the Republican party to pressurise the Biden administration and congressional Democrats to take the Covid virus lab leak theory more seriously, reported …

WHO: COVID origins unclear but lab leak theory needs study
2 years, 7 months ago

WHO: COVID origins unclear but lab leak theory needs study

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Over two years after the coronavirus was first detected in China, and after at least 6.3 million deaths have been counted worldwide from the pandemic, the World Health Organization is recommending in its strongest terms yet that a deeper probe is required into whether a lab accident may be to blame. Yet in a report released Thursday, WHO’s …

A tale of two systems fighting pandemic
2 years, 11 months ago

A tale of two systems fighting pandemic

China Daily  

Editor's note: In these uncertain times, cooperation and good governance are key to overcoming emerging and complicated global challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. Three experts analyze the stark difference in the ways China and the United States, the world's two largest economies, have fulfilled their global responsibilities in this regard: The world has been living with COVID-19 …

Comply for new probe: WHO to China amidst US' claim Covid-19 modified at Wuhan lab
3 years, 5 months ago

Comply for new probe: WHO to China amidst US' claim Covid-19 modified at Wuhan lab

India TV News  

Amidst the World Health Organization calling for China to allow for the phase two probe into the origin of Covid-19, a top Texas Republican on the House of Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael McCaul, on August 1 said it had obtained new evidence that Chinas Wuhan Institute of Virology created the virus and dismissed the claim that it originated from bats. …

Trump says India devastated by Covid-19, China must pay for its spread
3 years, 6 months ago

Trump says India devastated by Covid-19, China must pay for its spread

Hindustan Times  

Donald Trump, the former US president, has said India has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic and called for China to pay $10 trillion to the United States for allegedly being responsible for the spread of Covid-19 across the world. Trump has been blaming China for the coronavirus pandemic and said that Sars-Cov-2, which causes the coronavirus disease, leaked from …

China brands Covid-19 lab-leak theory as 'absurd,' US urges transparency
3 years, 6 months ago

China brands Covid-19 lab-leak theory as 'absurd,' US urges transparency

India Today  

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed the need for cooperation and transparency over the origins of COVID-19 in a call with Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi on Friday and raised other contentious topics, including China's treatment of Uyghur Muslims, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Yang, China's top diplomat, expressed to Blinken Beijing's serious concern that some people in the United States …

Column: Biden’s new inquiry into COVID-19’s origins strikes a blow for open-mindedness
3 years, 7 months ago

Column: Biden’s new inquiry into COVID-19’s origins strikes a blow for open-mindedness

LA Times  

Chinese President Xi Jinping talks with patients and medical workers at a hospital in Wuhan, the first place hit hard by the novel coronavirus of unknown origins. It wasn’t so much what he did — ordering U.S. intelligence agencies to take a new look at the origins of COVID-19, including whether the coronavirus that causes the disease escaped accidentally from …

British intelligence believes Covid-19 lab leak theory 'feasible': Report
3 years, 7 months ago

British intelligence believes Covid-19 lab leak theory 'feasible': Report

India Today  

British intelligence agencies now believe it is "feasible" that the Covid-19 pandemic began with a coronavirus leak from a Chinese bio laboratory, a media report said on Sunday, prompting Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi to demand that the WHO must fully investigate the origins of the deadly virus. Last week, US President Joe Biden ordered the US intelligence agencies to "redouble" …

US, Britain seek new WHO look into COVID origins in China
3 years, 7 months ago

US, Britain seek new WHO look into COVID origins in China

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The United States and Britain are stepping up calls for the World Health Organization to take a deeper look into the possible origins of COVID-19, including a new visit to China where the first human infections were detected. The joint team said the most likely scenario was that the coronavirus jumped into people from bats via an intermediary …

China says politics behind US call for virus origin probe
3 years, 7 months ago

China says politics behind US call for virus origin probe

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China on Thursday accused the Biden administration of playing politics and shirking its responsibility in calling for a renewed investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic that was first detected in China in late 2019. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a daily briefing that President Joe Biden’s order showed the U.S. “does not care about …

China says ‘politicising’ COVID origins impedes investigation
3 years, 7 months ago

China says ‘politicising’ COVID origins impedes investigation

Al Jazeera  

Politicising the origins of COVID-19 would hamper further investigations and undermine global efforts to curb the pandemic, the Chinese embassy in the United States said after President Joe Biden ordered a review of US intelligence about how and where the virus first emerged. Biden said on Wednesday that US intelligence agencies were divided about whether COVID-19 “emerged from human contact …

The Covid-19 origin story has massive political consequences
3 years, 7 months ago

The Covid-19 origin story has massive political consequences

CNN  

CNN — A growing storm over the origins in China of Covid-19 has explosive political implications for the United States at home and abroad, as well as the dueling legacies of two presidents that will be defined by the pandemic. Facing his own political pressure, Biden laid out two theories seen as “likely” by US intelligence on the origin of …

US hits a new low in demonizing China on vaccines, climate change
3 years, 7 months ago

US hits a new low in demonizing China on vaccines, climate change

China Daily  

Photo taken on April 2, 2021 shows the US Capitol building in Washington, DC, the United States. It's no secret that American leaders are obsessed with demonizing China, but slandering China for its role in global issues such as the fight against climate change and COVID-19 betrays the United States' promise to strengthen multilateral cooperation and instead undermine global solidarity. …

China accuses US of ‘coercive diplomacy’ after trade remarks
3 years, 7 months ago

China accuses US of ‘coercive diplomacy’ after trade remarks

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China on Friday accused the United States of “coercive diplomacy” following comments by Secretary of State Antony Blinken to his Australian counterpart that the U.S. “will not leave Australia alone on the field — or maybe I should say ‘alone on the pitch’ — in the face of economic coercion by China.” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying accused …

China eradicated COVID-19 within months. Why won't America learn from them?
3 years, 10 months ago

China eradicated COVID-19 within months. Why won't America learn from them?

Salon  

"There is ample reason to believe that China really has done much better at containing the spread of the virus than other major economies." "I think China has done certainly a better job than the United States in terms of reigning in the virus," Huang told Salon. "If you actually look to East Asian countries, we can see now that …

China is rehearsing for when it overtakes America
3 years, 11 months ago

China is rehearsing for when it overtakes America

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN Business — China wants to lead the global recovery from the pandemic and become more influential on the world stage than ever before. “China emerged from the Covid-19 shock earlier than the rest of the world and authorities are already planning for the long term,” wrote Françoise Huang, senior economist for Asia-Pacific at Euler Hermes, in a …

China’s Year of Pandemic Diplomacy
3 years, 11 months ago

China’s Year of Pandemic Diplomacy

The Diplomat  

On December 31, 2019, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission reported that 27 cases of pneumonia had been caused by an unknown virus. Reflecting that shift, by March China pivoted from a COVID-19 aid recipient to a donor – providing, in the words of Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng, “a typical example of ‘plot reversal’ and shift of crisis into opportunity.” …

Trump says US Covid cases, deaths exaggerated
4 years ago

Trump says US Covid cases, deaths exaggerated

Live Mint  

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that the record-breaking numbers of new COVID-19 cases, nearly 300,000 in the past 24 hours, are exaggerated due to the Centers for Disease Control method of counting. "The number of cases and deaths of the China Virus is far exaggerated in the United States because of @CDCgov 's ridiculous method of determination compared …

All signs point to Russia in cyberattack, but Trump points to China
4 years ago

All signs point to Russia in cyberattack, but Trump points to China

LA Times  

Contradicting his secretary of State and other top officials, President Trump on Saturday suggested without evidence that China — not Russia — may be behind the cyberattack against the United States and tried to downplay its impact. In his first comments on the breach, Trump scoffed at the focus on the Kremlin and minimized the intrusions, which the nation’s cybersecurity …

Trump trade advisor makes wild claim China sent ‘thousands of people around the world’ to spread Covid
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump trade advisor makes wild claim China sent ‘thousands of people around the world’ to spread Covid

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy White House trade adviser …

China congratulates Biden, but few US policy changes seen
4 years, 1 month ago

China congratulates Biden, but few US policy changes seen

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China on Friday became one of the last major countries to congratulate U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, who is expected to make few changes to U.S. policy in conflicts with Beijing over trade, technology and security. China, along with Russia, avoided joining the throng that congratulated Biden last weekend after he and vice presidential running mate Kamala Harris secured …

Trump promised to win the trade war with China. He failed
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump promised to win the trade war with China. He failed

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN Business — US President Donald Trump started a trade war with China to fix what he’s repeatedly blasted as an unfair relationship between the world’s two largest economies. Trump vowed to cut the US trade deficit, but instead it’s reached historic highs.He wanted China to buy more American products, but that hasn’t happened as much as Washington …

I don’t make money from China, you do: Trump in big debate with Biden
4 years, 2 months ago

I don’t make money from China, you do: Trump in big debate with Biden

India TV News  

President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden met for the second and last time on a debate stage on Friday after a previously scheduled town hall debate was scrapped after the Republican incumbent became one of the millions of Americans to contract coronavirus. “It’s going away.” Biden, who has sought to prosecute Trump’s handling of the virus in his …

Despite Trade War and Virus Jibes, Why Beijing May Want to Keep Trump in the White House
4 years, 2 months ago

Despite Trade War and Virus Jibes, Why Beijing May Want to Keep Trump in the White House

News 18  

Donald Trump has frustrated and enraged China during a tumultuous first term, but Beijing may welcome his re-election as it scans the horizon for the decline of its superpower rival. China’s leadership could be handed “the opportunity to boost its global standing as a champion for globalisation, multilateralism, and international cooperation,” said Zhiqun Zhu, professor of political science and international …

US President Donald Trump Says Getting Covid-19 Was a 'Blessing From God'
4 years, 3 months ago

US President Donald Trump Says Getting Covid-19 Was a 'Blessing From God'

News 18  

President Donald Trump, still confined to the White House where he is being treated for COVID-called it a “blessing from God” that he got coronavirus, a disease that has killed over 211,000 Americans this year. “I think this was a blessing from God that I caught it,” the president said of COVID-19 in a video message outside the White House …

Trump’s Covid-19 recklessness is costing the US dearly (opinion)
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump’s Covid-19 recklessness is costing the US dearly (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Jeffrey D. Sachs is a professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. Trump claims that Americans shouldn’t worry about Covid-19 because of “some really great drugs & knowledge,” disregarding the rather pedestrian fact that Americans do not have access to the same drug regimen that Trump received, nor to the helicopter that ferried …

Donald Trump says will end reliance on China 'once and for all', calls for boosting domestic manufacturing
4 years, 3 months ago

Donald Trump says will end reliance on China 'once and for all', calls for boosting domestic manufacturing

Firstpost  

Addressing a poll rally, the US president added that the long-negotiated trade deal with China “doesn’t mean the same to him” and that he “won’t forget” that “COVID-19 came from China” Washington: US president Donald Trump has vowed to end his country’s reliance on China once and for all if voted to power, expressing disappointment that the post-coronavirus relationship with …

'I fear the worst' if world's approach to climate change is same as Covid-19: UN chief
4 years, 3 months ago

'I fear the worst' if world's approach to climate change is same as Covid-19: UN chief

India Today  

The United States, China and Russia fought on Thursday during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the coronavirus pandemic after UN chief Antonio Guterres had warned the body that if the climate crisis was approached with the "same disunity and disarray" of Covid-19, then: "I fear the worst". Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and the Chinese government's top diplomat, …

Blaming China won't solve America's problems
4 years, 3 months ago

Blaming China won't solve America's problems

China Daily  

A Report on US Response to COVID-19 and its Blame Game CONTENTS A Botched Response Missed warnings Missteps and lost opportunities Ignoring the science Reduced preparedness Politics v.s. public health A Senseless Blame Game A timeline of Chinese transparency and response Rising animosity A Way Out and Forward Appendix Blaming China Won't Solve America's Problems As of Monday, July 20, …

Blaming China won't solve America's problems
4 years, 3 months ago

Blaming China won't solve America's problems

China Daily  

It appears to them that it is politically incorrect to discuss progress of Chinese response. They may want to talk about how the Republic of Korea, Japan, Singapore responded to the outbreak, without mentioning that China, with a far larger population, might offer equally if not more important references for the US Under such circumstances, reporting and discussing China's effectiveness …

Blaming China won't solve America's problems
4 years, 3 months ago

Blaming China won't solve America's problems

China Daily  

A Report on US Response to COVID-19 and its Blame Game CONTENTS A Botched Response Missed warnings Missteps and lost opportunities Ignoring the science Reduced preparedness Politics v.s. public health A Senseless Blame Game A timeline of Chinese transparency and response Rising animosity A Way Out and Forward Appendix Blaming China Won't Solve America's Problems As of Monday, July 20, …

Blaming China won't solve America's problems
4 years, 3 months ago

Blaming China won't solve America's problems

China Daily  

Rising animosity China has been a punching bag for political forces in the US for decades, and China-bashing has taken on new intensity in the recent decade since China overtook Japan as the second biggest economy in the world. President Trump cashed in on China-bashing during his first presidential campaign, and now downplaying the Trump administration's bungled response to the …

'Must Hold Them Accountable': Trump Slams China for Unleashing 'Plague of Coronavirus' onto the World
4 years, 3 months ago

'Must Hold Them Accountable': Trump Slams China for Unleashing 'Plague of Coronavirus' onto the World

News 18  

US President Donald Trump blasted China on Tuesday for “unleashing” the plague of the “China virus” onto the world, demanding that the United Nations must hold Beijing accountable for failing to contain the coronavirus that has killed nearly one million people across the world, including 200,000 Americans. “In the earliest days of the virus, China locked down travel domestically while …

At UN, Trump demands action against China over virus, Xi urges cooperation
4 years, 3 months ago

At UN, Trump demands action against China over virus, Xi urges cooperation

India Today  

US President Donald Trump used the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to attack China’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying it must be held accountable for having “unleashed this plague onto the world.” By contrast, China’s President Xi Jinping struck a conciliatory tone in his pre-recorded virtual address to the General Assembly, calling for enhanced cooperation over the pandemic and …

China: Trump ‘spreading political virus’ at United Nations
4 years, 3 months ago

China: Trump ‘spreading political virus’ at United Nations

Al Jazeera  

US President Donald Trump used the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to attack China’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying it must be held accountable for having “unleashed this plague onto the world”. “Later they falsely said people without symptoms would not spread the disease … The United Nations must hold China accountable for their actions.” ‘Get through this together’ …

Trump downplaying Covid-19 is historic national tragedy: Nancy Pelosi
4 years, 4 months ago

Trump downplaying Covid-19 is historic national tragedy: Nancy Pelosi

Hindustan Times  

US President Donald Trump’s downplaying the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States is a historic national tragedy, said the Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, here on Wednesday. In journalist Bob Woodward’s book, Trump revealed that he “played it down” with regard to the severity of Covid-19 to the American people as he “didn’t want to create panic”. …

China is claiming victory over coronavirus, but the true costs of the pandemic are yet to come
4 years, 4 months ago

China is claiming victory over coronavirus, but the true costs of the pandemic are yet to come

The Independent  

China has declared victory over the war against Covid-19, and another example of the superiority of the Chinese communist authorities over the governments of the west. To many people it will seem a bit of a cheek that China should allow a virus to spread wildly, denying what was happening, infect the rest of the entire world, then declare victory. …

China’s Xi Jinping takes virus victory lap as covid-19 pandemic rages elsewhere
4 years, 4 months ago

China’s Xi Jinping takes virus victory lap as covid-19 pandemic rages elsewhere

Live Mint  

President Xi Jinping hailed China’s success in suppressing the deadly pandemic first discovered on its soil, even as confirmed infections globally raced toward the 30 million mark. Xi made no mention of the roughly three weeks that passed in January between efforts to censor doctors’ first warnings of human-to-human transmission and China’s official acknowledgment of the infection risk. “The pandemic …

Coronavirus Updates: China authorises emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Chinese companies
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus Updates: China authorises emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Chinese companies

Firstpost  

11:48 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Coronavirus in US LATEST Updates Trump pushes for COVID-19 treatments, claims slowdown at FDA Pushing for breakthroughs in treatments for the coronavirus, White House officials suggested Sunday there were politically motivated delays by the Food and Drug Administration in approving a vaccine and therapeutics for the disease. The accusations, the latest assault from President Donald …

Fraying US-China relations tested by Donald Trump ahead of presidential election
4 years, 4 months ago

Fraying US-China relations tested by Donald Trump ahead of presidential election

Live Mint  

The almost daily drumbeat of tensions between the U.S. and China shows little sign of letting up, while touching on everything from the coronavirus to trade to defense issues to monetary policy. Against that background, it’s unclear how heated things may get between now and November, while the provocations mount: The Trump administration on Friday approved the sale of F-16 …

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