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'Enough is enough': China tells US at UN meeting after Donald Trump accuses Beijing of unleashing 'plague of COVID-19'

September 25, 2020

China on Thursday lashed out at the United States at a high level UN meeting over its criticism on the Coronavirus, with its envoy declaring, "Enough is enough !"

Two days after President Donald Trump used his annual address to the General Assembly to attack China's record, the US ambassador to the United Nations also took an outraged tone after which her Chinese counterpart showed palpable anger.

"I must say, enough is enough ! You have created enough troubles for the world already," Chinese envoy Zhang Jun told a Security Council meeting on Global governance attended through video conference by several heads of state.

"The US has nearly seven million confirmed cases and over 2,00,000 deaths by now. With the most advanced medical technologies and system in the world, why has the US turned out to have the most confirmed cases and fatalities?" he asked in English. "If someone should be held accountable, it should be a few US politicians themselves," said Jun.

Using a phrase often told by US leaders to China, Zhang said, "The US should understand that a major power should behave like a major power." The United States "is completely isolated," he said in remarks enthusiastically backed by his Russian counterpart.