Once again, China is waging its infamous public opinion warfare against the rest of the world. Beijing's foreign ministry spokesman tweeted in English last Thursday that "It might be U.S. army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan. Be transparent! Make public your data! U.S. owe us an explanation!" Naturally, this infuriated the Americans.
The U.S. Department of State promptly reacted. The assistant secretary for East Asia and the Pacific summoned the Chinese ambassador to Washington. The United States strongly protested Beijing's reference to the "U.S. army" and its attempt to deflect criticism that China had started a global pandemic by not telling the truth.
Anonymous U.S. officials reportedly stated, "Spreading conspiracy theories is dangerous and ridiculous" and "We won't tolerate it." Of course, for most Americans China's recent propaganda campaign is unacceptable because as U.S. President Donald Trump said, "They know where it came from, we all know where it came from."