US state secretary Mike Pompeo (AFP photo)
LONDON: US state secretary Mike Pompeo once again blasted at Beijing on Tuesday (local time) and urged nations to push back against the Asian giant, disgruntled on the fact that rather than helping the world during this Covid crisis, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is bullying its neighbours and militarise features in the South China Sea.
Following his talks with British foreign secretary Dominic Raab, Pompeo used the press to accuse China of engaging in “a cover-up and co-opting” the World Health Organisation by allegedly suppressing early details of the “preventable” coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 610,000 people globally.
“The CCP’s exploitation of this disaster to further its own interests has been disgraceful. Rather than helping the world, General Secretary Xi has shown the world the party’s true face. We talked about how we have seen Hong Kong’s freedoms crushed. We have watched the CCP bully its neighbours, militarise features in the