Coronavirus pandemic deepens US-China divide

ANKARA

The COVID-19 pandemic is deepening the rift between the U.S. and China, as the two are now engaged in a blame game over the cause and handling of the global crisis.

U.S. President Donald Trump drew Beijing’s ire with a tweet late Monday night, in which he, for the first time, explicitly referred to the new coronavirus as the “Chinese virus”.

A Chinese Foreign Ministry official shot back on Tuesday, reminding the U.S. to “get its domestic issues handled” before stigmatizing China.

“We urge the U.S. to immediately correct its mistake and stop making unwarranted accusations on China,” spokesperson