The Chinese embassy in Dhaka has said that the US is talking “sheer nonsense” and it has failed to back its allegation with “even one single piece of solid evidence” regarding Covid-19 vaccine.
The statement followed the recent row between the countries that witnessed the closure of Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas last week and then the US consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu on July 27.
“China has made a legitimate and necessary response,” the embassy said in its long statement titled
‘Reality Check of US Unilateral Demand for China to Close Consulate-General in Houston’.
The first ‘false’ statement is, according to the embassy, China has stolen intellectual property from the US, including the COVID-19 vaccine research achievements.
Closing the Chinese Consulate-General is "to protect American intellectual property and Americans' private information".
The reality is, the embassy said, China is a big country in terms of innovation and intellectual property. It has become a main source driving intellectual property growth in the world.
“On COVID-19 vaccine research and development, China has been at the forefront and has no need to steal from the US.”
It said on 21 July, the US made “the unilateral provocation by making an outrageous demand that China close its Consulate-General in Houston. “By so doing, the US has grossly violated international law, the basic norms of international relations, and relevant provisions of the China-US Consular Convention, and gravely damaged China-US relations.
“The US has been fabricating pretexts and spreading lies about its egregious decision. In a matter of just a few days, the US has churned out different versions of the story.
“Lies, however, will always be lies even if they are repeated a thousand times,” China said.
“The different versions of the story concocted by the US side have no factual base and mix black with white.
“In sum, the US has failed to present even one single piece of solid evidence. It is important that we list US false allegations vis-à-vis the facts. The purpose is to debunk the falsehoods and let people know the truths,” the embassy said.
The Chinese embassy said the real aim of the US decision was to deflect people's attention from the US administration's poor handling of COVID-19.
“Closing the Chinese Consulate-General prior to the election was a measure by Trump to "play tough on China", hold up his declining approval rating, and turn China into a convenient target to vilify and shore up votes.
“New moves acting on the absurd logic that "China is ripping off America" pop up almost every single day in the US,” the embassy said.
