MOSCOW, may 4 – RIA Novosti. China because of the situation around the coronavirus was first confronted with serious pressure from the United States, the question arises about the readiness of the PRC to the real battle for world dominance, a Russian political expert, chief editor of the magazine “Russia in global politics” Fyodor Lukyanov.
“(the U.S. President) trump promises a “credible” report that prove the artificial origin of the coronavirus in the laboratory and Wuhan blame China trying to hide it in the first stage of proliferation, which led to a global pandemic. (Head of Department) Pompeo claims that there are “huge” evidence of the validity of this version. I wonder what kind of sanctions will be imposed and that Beijing will respond. The second is especially interesting, because China, with such power pressure yet, perhaps, not faced. The question arises about the readiness of the PRC to the real battle for world dominance, because a compromise here is not provided,” – Lukyanov wrote in his telegram channel.
Earlier, U.S. President Donald trump said that China is in a situation with the appearance of coronavirus “made a mistake and tried to hide.” According to him, the U.S. side considers the version that the new coronavirus emerged in the laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan, and intends to establish its origin. The us President warned China of the consequences if it turns out that Beijing deliberately allowed the flash COVID-19. Earlier, the Chinese foreign Ministry said that China from the beginning followed an open and responsible position regarding the publication of data about the epidemic coronavirus infection.
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