Global Times, the megaphone of the Chinese ruling party has
lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump administration, suggesting it has
gone cranky.
The stinging rebuke followed new accusation by FBI and CISA
that China is attempting to steal COVID-19 vaccine research data.
It came by way of an opinion piece by the journalist Li
Qingqing.
On Tuesday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and
the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned company
executives that Beijing was using “cyber actors and non-traditional collectors”
to access intellectual property and health data related to coronavirus vaccines
and treatments.
The security agencies advised the companies to beef up their
cyber security, as well as scanning web applications for unauthorised access,
modifications or anomalous activities.
However, The Global Times, furiously dismissed these
allegations saying the US lacked “substantial evidence to support the
accusation”.
In the editorial, Mr Qingqing claimed that the US President
was desperate to deflect blame for his own incompetent handling of the health
crisis in the US.
He wrote: “The despicable war of words is a publicity stunt
by certain crank politicians.
“The COVID-19 pandemic is still raging across the world,
especially in the US.
“If any country dares to hack other countries’ labs and
steal research results into vaccines, it would be an act against all humanity.
“Making up such rumours is convenient for the US government,
so that US politicians can dodge their own culpability and failures, and
instead allegedly hold China accountable for COVID-19 spread in the US.”
He then turned the tables on the US, suggesting that the
Trump administration would try to steal coronavirus research data from Chinese
companies.
He concluded: “China needs to take precautions.”
The US President has increasingly tried to lay all the blame
for the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the world squarely on Beijing.
He has accused China’s leaders of deliberately covering up
its outbreak, thereby allowing the virus to spread uncontrolled around the
world.
The US President has also suggested that the lethal virus
escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, implying that it was man-made.
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