Chinese President Xi Defends His Country's Response To The Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic

SCMP: Xi Jinping defends China, WHO coronavirus response for first time on world stage

* Chinese president says country did all in its power to help others and China supports review when crisis over
* WHO made major contribution to the global fight against Covid-19, Xi says

Chinese President Xi Jinping has for the first time defended his country’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic on the world stage, saying China has acted with transparency and “done everything in our power” to help other countries.

In his address to the World Health Assembly on Monday, Xi called for global support of the World Health Organisation, as the agency confronts funding cuts from the United States.

Xi added that China would support a “comprehensive review” of the global response to Covid-19 when the pandemic was over. But China did not give its backing to an EU-led draft resolution calling for an independent investigation into the WHO’s performance.

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WNU Editor: On the one hand Chinese President Xi is saying that he will support a review on how this crisis when the pandemic is over (when is that going to happen?). On the other hand his government is targeting countries that support such an inquiry and review .... China to impose 80 per cent tariff on Australian barley for the next five years amid global push for coronavirus investigation (ABC News Online).

Update: The U.S. is calling China's pledge of $2 billion just a token .... U.S. calls China's $2 billion WHO pledge a 'token,' says it must pay more (Reuters).

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