China Accuses US Of Scapegoating Over Covid Origins

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2021-08-26 HKT 18:15

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  • Fu Cong says “scapegoating China cannot whitewash the US” in a row over the origins of Covid-19. Image: Shutterstock

    Fu Cong says “scapegoating China cannot whitewash the US” in a row over the origins of Covid-19. Image: Shutterstock

China has gone on the offensive ahead of the release of a US intelligence report on the origins of the coronavirus, bringing out a senior official to accuse the United States of politicising the issue by seeking to blame China.

Fu Cong, a Foreign Ministry director general, said at a briefing for foreign journalists that “scapegoating China cannot whitewash the US.”

“If they want to baselessly accuse China, they better be prepared to accept the counterattack from China,” he said.

China, the US and the World Health Organisation are entangled in a feud that centres on the origins of the virus. (AP)

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