21 July 2020 - 21:05US secretary of state Michael Pompeo arrives with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, for their meeting in the garden at No 10 Downing Street in London, the UK, July 21 2020. Picture: ANDY RAIN/EPA/BLOOMBERG
US President Donald Trump identifies China as the US's main rival, and has accused President Xi Jinping of taking advantage over trade and not telling the truth over the novel coronavirus outbreak. “We hope we can build out a coalition that understands the threat and will work collectively to convince the Chinese Communist Party that it is not in their best interest to engage in this kind of behaviour,” Pompeo told reporters alongside British foreign secretary Dominic Raab.
Beijing says the West — and Washington in particular — is gripped by anti-Chinese hysteria and colonial thinking about the communist state.
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