US-China relations near breaking point?; More US journalists expelled; Response to disinformation about the origin of the virus

Mar 17, 2020

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Yesterday’s call between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Director of the Office of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China Yang Jiechi clearly went even worse than thought. Since the conversation President Trump has twice tweeted about the “Chinese virus”, in what looks to be a direct response to the orchestrated disinformation campaign, led by wolf-warrior diplomat Zhao Lijian, about the origin of the virus:

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US-China relations near breaking point?; More US journalists expelled; Response to disinformation about the origin of the virus

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