Going it alone on COVID-19 brings 'greater disaster': China foreign minister

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The coronavirus is a wake-up call for the world, and trading blame 'will only bring greater disaster', China's foreign minister said Monday.

China has recently moved to reshape the pandemic narrative away from its early outbreak in Wuhan to a story of the country's success in stopping the virus spread.China suppressed news of the respiratory disease when it first emerged last year and initial advice played down risks of transmission.

Wang's remarks came less than a week after US President Donald Trump used his annual address to the UN General Assembly to attack China's record, and the US ambassador to the global body took an outraged tone that surprised diplomats.Trump in his speech demanded action against China for spreading the"plague" of COVID-19 to the world, drawing ire from Beijing.

"As UN Secretary-General Guterres emphasised, this epidemic is not only a wake-up call, but also a crisis drill," said Wang. "In the face of global challenges such as the epidemic, if we go our own way or treat our neighbours as the enemy, it will only bring greater disaster."

 

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