China rebuts Pompeo's denigration of COVID-19 fight, says it bought the world time
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China Monday rebutted U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's attempt to denigrate China's efforts in fighting the COVID-19 epidemic, saying its contribution to outbreak prevention has been well recognized around the world.
Pompeo attributed the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic in the U.S. to the non-transparency of the Chinese government regarding information-sharing, accusing China if "putting the U.S. behind the curve."
The comments were rejected by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang who insisted that China has been very open and transparent in releasing information to the international community.
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