China could face ‘Tiananmen-like’ backlash for its handling of Covid-19, says report
https://theprint.in/world/china-could-face-tiananmen-like-backlash-for-its-handling-of-covid-19-says-report/414777/New Delhi: With the coronavirus pandemic bringing the entire world to a standstill, China could face a “Tiananmen-like international backlash for its handling of the infection, according to an internal report by the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), a think tank affiliated with the Ministry of State Security, China’s top intelligence body.
The report, sent by the Ministry of State Security to top Beijing leaders, including President Xi Jinping, in early April, revealed that “global anti-China sentiment is at its highest since the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown”, which could result in confrontation between China and the US, news agency Reuters reported.
“Relations between China and the United States are widely seen to be at their worst point in decades, with deepening mistrust and friction points from U.S. allegations of unfair trade and technology practices to disputes over Hong Kong, Taiwan and contested territories in the South China Sea,” the Reuters report said.
China has a lot of explaining to do.
