Chinese diplomat continues to question the real origin of COVID-19 

Chinese diplomat Zhao Lijian on Sunday retweeted several tweets, with one of which suggested that COVID-19 has been in the United States for some time. 

"I really think COVID-19 has been here in America for awhile," wrote Twitter user "the Lizard King," who said on description that she is a "mama."

"Do you guys remember how sick everyone was during the holidays/early January? And how everyone was saying they had the 'flu' and the flu shot 'didn't work'?"

Tensions between Beijing and Washington have mounted drastically after U.S. President Donald Trump has doubled down on blaming China for the coronavirus pandemic.

Despite a chorus of criticism coming from both other American officials and the Chinese government, Trump has repeated his frequent practice of racist virus-designation.

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