When the new crown pneumonia erupted in China earlier this year, the US president Trump repeatedly praised China`s leaders for Xi Jinping rapid, transparent and professional response to the epidemic control, and thanked China for its efforts.
When the u.s. epidemic spiraled in march, chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs speaker zhao lijian questioned on the Twitter that wu xinguan pneumonia was brought to wuhan by u.s. troops, Trump no longer praised china, or even called it a "chinese virus ". On march 22, he said he was" somewhat dissatisfied "with china on a routine journalist.
As at 24 March, the United States had a cumulative total of nearly 43,000 confirmed cases death .540 cases
The British Broadcasting Corporation Chinese combing Trump when referring to the outbreak after the outbreak of new coronary pneumonia, what are the expressions when it comes to China?
When will Trump call Xi Jinping?
U.S. President Trump said at a regular journalist meeting at the White House on March 22 local time that he had spoken to Chinese president Xi Jinping about the new coronavirus, but did not specify at the journalist meeting whether there had been any recent phone calls with Xi Jinping.
Nevertheless, TW 、 Hong Kong media reported on 23 March that Trump and Xi Jinping had made phone calls, but did not specify the exact date.
The Trump did not, in fact, specify at the journalist meeting whether there were any recent calls to Xi Jinping. Usually Xi Jinping if you call Trump, the state-run xinhua news agency reports. According to xinhua, the two men`s latest telephone call against the outbreak was february 7.
How did the routine journalist say?
On March 22, at a journalist meeting at the White House, Trump was asked by the American media ," When was the last conversation with Xi? "Trump replied ," I don`t want to say when, but I` ve told Xi Jinping about the outbreak. "
Trump also balked at Xi Jinping, saying the outbreak was not what Xi Jinping wanted, but it happened in china. He stressed that the United States and China reached a new trade deal, even if the outbreak, China still bought a large number of agricultural products from the United States.
But as soon as the conversation turned round, he suddenly said ," To be honest, I am a little dissatisfied with China "and explained that although I like President Xi and respect and admire the country, they should have told us about it earlier.
Trump complained that China had not responded to past offers to send experts to China. He said :" If our people could have gone to China at that time, we could have known about it ."
An interview with Vice President Pence (Mike Pence) was published on 23 March in Fox News. Pence points out that china showed great transparency in the early stages of the outbreak. He added that China has a great deal of transparency about the new crown pneumonia epidemic compared to the past outbreaks of infectious diseases in China. As if to ease the controversy Trump previously known as the "Chinese virus ".
The day before the journalist meeting on March 22, Trump told CNN that he thought China parliament warned other countries earlier about the outbreak ," because China had made a lot of efforts to control the epidemic, it was very open and transparent, but when we saw what was happening now, we knew they should have told them earlier. "
Unlike the positive attitude towards china in the past, Trump expressed disappointment at china at the press conference, TW the media reported on it extensively, but the chinese media did not have any ink on the issue.
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The beginning and end of the Chinese virus
On 12 March, in a speech at the White House, the Trump called the virus "foreign "(a foreign virus), which sparked media attention.
The next day, Trump declared a state of emergency in the United States, where more than 1,700 confirmed cases and 40 death. were reported
The same day, chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs speaker zhao lijian on march 13 in the Twitter after questioning the u. s. military brought the new crown virus to china began. Zhao Lijian asked the United States in Chinese and English on the Twitter :" When did the zero patient appear in the United States? The U.S. Army may have taken the outbreak to Wuhan. America wants transparency! Open the data! America owes us an explanation! "
Three days later, on 16 March, Trump first called the new coronavirus "Chinese virus" in Twitter. "The United States will strongly support industries such as aviation, which are affected by Chinese viruses ," he wrote. We will be stronger than ever! "
On 17 March, at a journalist meeting at the White House, Trump was journalist to ask questions about the use of the Chinese virus and whether it would continue to it would continue to use the Chinese virus, he said that China`s allegations that the United States military had brought the virus into China were wrong.
The U.S. epidemic has been on the rise since Trump said the virus came from a foreign country to the first time calling it a "Chinese virus ". As of March 17, the number of people diagnosed reached 5359, an increase of nearly 2000 over the previous day, and the number of death more than 100 on the same day.
Beijing and Washington therefore began a diplomatic war on the origin of the new crown virus.
Trump will be asked about the chinese virus in the next few days at journalist white house meeting because many americans fear that Trump is spreading racism.
American President Trump explained at a White House news conference Wednesday (March 18) why he called the new coronavirus a "Chinese virus"
At the White House press conference on 18 March, Trump explained to the media that "this is not racism at all, it comes from China ". He added that China was too late to warn the U.S. health authorities about the virus and said the Chinese government had blamed the virus on U.S. soldiers.
On 19 March, Trump once again referred to the new coronavirus as the "Chinese virus ". His speech was journalist and the words" new coronavirus "on the photo manuscript were crossed out and the words" Chinese virus "were written.
That day, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States has more than 14000, in just two days more than doubled.
On march 20th, when Trump attended a journalist meeting at the white house, he said there was no need for a national closure because outbreak was not serious in some areas. He did not mention the "Chinese virus" on his own initiative that day, emphasizing good Xi Jinping relationship and seeing him as a friend. But "unfortunately, the epidemic is out of control. The epidemic, which has come from China, is already rampant. "
"I know some people are disappointed. I know President Xi, who loves China and respects the United States. I must say that I respect China very much and President Xi very much. "
At that time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States reached 16000, death 216 people. California and New York states have issued home-based orders that require people to stay at home as much as possible, hoping to curb the spread of the virus.
On march 23rd at the white house`s regular journalist meeting, Trump did not call the new crown virus "chinese virus ", and stressed the importance of protecting asian americans.
Trump repeated what was said in the Twitter to protect the Asian-American community and again stated that "the spread of the virus is not their fault in any way or form ".
Trump did not use the "Chinese virus" at the journalist meeting, but called it "virus ".
Earlier, at the journalist meeting in early Ministry of Foreign Affairs 3, China had called on individual media to falsely claim that the "Chinese virus" had no factual basis. With regard to the Trump`s designation of the "Chinese virus ", Geng Shuang, Ministry of Foreign Affairs speaker of China, once said that" recently, some people in the United States have deliberately linked the new crown virus to China and constantly stigmatized China, which the Chinese people strongly deplored and resolutely opposed ".
Trump who once praised China
Before calling the new crown virus a "Chinese virus ", Trump had repeatedly praised China for its proper control of the epidemic.
On 24 January, in Twitter, Trump expressed appreciation for China`s efforts to contain the new crown virus and, on behalf of the American people, thanked President Xi for his continued efforts to contain the epidemic. "
On february 8th Trump told the media at a journalist meeting at the white house that he had talked to Xi Jinping the night before about the crisis. And praised Xi Jinping in the fight against the epidemic to show decisive and strong command. At the time, Trump praised China for its professional and outstanding performance when asked if it feared it would conceal the epidemic.
Trump still praised china in an interview with the us media on february 19th. He said he believed China had worked very hard and that the number of infections would gradually improve as the epidemic began.
The new crown pneumonia had led to more than 2,000 death. mainland China
Trump appointed Vice-President Pence on 27 February to coordinate the country`s response to the outbreak. However, the two said at a White House news conference that the risk of the pneumonia epidemic to the American people remains low.
