Slamming the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) amidst escalating US-China tensions, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Thursday said that "distrust and verify" is Washington's new approach towards tackling issues with Beijing. "The only way to truly change communist China is to act on the basis of what its leaders do, not what they say. When it comes to the CCP, I say, 'Distrust and verify'," Pompeo said while speaking on 'Communist China and the Free World's Future' at Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, California. "if the free world does not change communist China, then communist China will change us," he added. The country further blamed China of concealing information about the deadly virus which has spread across the world, killing millions.

Source: dna July 24, 2020 03:22 UTC