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US Ambassador to China Terry Branstad, who resigned on the 14th after serving as Chinese ambassador to the Trump administration for 3 years and 2 months, said in an interview with CNN on the 18th: “What could have ended in Wuhan (China) was eventually a global pandemic. This is done, ”he said. He criticized that “the Chinese system is a structure that has no choice but to cover up the initial spread”, and that “they even punished the doctors who announced the spread.”
Brandstad has been a close friend for 35 years since the 1980s, when Chinese President Xi Jinping was an official in rural Hebei province. When President Xi visited the United States in 2012, he met with Branstad separately. His close relationship with President Xi was one of the reasons why he was appointed ambassador to China, governor of Iowa. When he was appointed ambassador, he was welcomed by the Chinese state media as “an old friend of the Chinese people.” Bitter criticism of China’s response to the crown came from his mouth.
“Xi is a very powerful Chinese leader, but he is a communist, and (China) is an authoritarian state,” Branstad told CNN. “Unfortunately, the United States and China have very different systems.” “I think that communism in China and the attitude of not admitting mistakes led to this situation. It’s a tragedy. “” At first, President Trump also tried to believe China’s announcement on the crown, “he said. He also said:” Not only in the United States, but also in other countries, the movement to cooperate with China and supporting China has dropped tremendously. “
White House officials, including President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, are critical of China’s response to the coronavirus. China has always denied pointing out that its response in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak was insufficient. The ‘corona virus leaked from Wuhan’ has been suspected, but China contends that is not true.
Branstad took over as China’s ambassador in July 2017 and, until recently, watched closely the escalation of the conflict between the United States and China. When the US embassy in China announced his transfer, it was analyzed that it was because he and President Xi’s personal friendship did not prevent the bilateral conflict.
Branstad is scheduled to return to Korea next month. When asked if he would help President Trump’s campaign in the US presidential election in November, he said: “If the president requests to attend the campaign, I will participate as I did in 2016.”
