China says U.S. politicians lying to distract from insufficient coronavirus response
By Reuters
28 April 2020 |
12:25 pm
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said some U.S. politicians are lying to deflect attention from their insufficient response in dealing with the new coronavirus at home.
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