The diplomatic row between China and the United States over the role of the World Health Organisation continues to escalate.
China’s foreign ministry has accused the Trump administration of attacking the United Nations body as a means of diverting attention from its own mishandling of the coronavirus crisis.
The US president has threatened to withdraw from the WHO if it doesn’t alter its operations within 30 days. Donald Trump said the organisation had shown an “alarming lack of independence” from China.
In Beijing, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a regular press briefing that the US was trying to smear China in order to avoid its own responsibilities.
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