Smear campaign is shocking

Kong Quan, deputy head of the Committee of Foreign Affairs of the CPPCC, member of the CPPCC National Committee

Our members are very angry at some US politicians claiming China is hiding political motives behind its efforts to help other countries to combat COVID-19. These US politicians ignore the united efforts to combat the pandemic and the altruistic support for others shown by countries around the globe. This is shocking.

The US has the highest number of confirmed cases. Yet some US politicians are still busy disparaging other nations' efforts and rejecting international dialogue and cooperation. It has even started to swing at the WHO, which seriously undermines the global effort to combat the outbreak.

China's support has no conditions attached, and it is not interested in meddling in other countries' affairs. For example, we have shipped close to 50,000 ventilators. The Chinese and American people are willing to help each other, but it is a small number of US politicians who keep politicizing the issue.