Delegates applaud as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for the opening session of China's National People's Congress last Friday
CHINA dismissed US threats to sue it over the Covid-19 outbreak today, saying that such action would be a breach of international law.
The Donald Trump administration, which has watched as the US death toll from the virus climbs to almost 100,000 — the highest in the world — has repeatedly blamed China for the global spread of coronavirus and threatened lawsuits for the damage it has done.
But Foreign Minister Wang Yi said any such suits would have “zero factual basis in law” and that China was not only a victim of the pandemic like everyone else, but it had done all it could to assist other countries in containing the pandemic, rushing medical aid and doctors to afflicted areas.
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports from the start of Kunming’s Belt and Road media forum, where 200 journalists from 71 countries celebrated a new openness and optimism, forged by China’s enormous contribution to global development
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports on TUC Congress discussions on how to confront the far right and rebuild the left’s appeal to workers
