Coronavirus: China pushes back against allegations from US

Chinese state media has criticised US secretary of state Michael Pompeo, calling him “evil” and a liar, as Beijing sought to push back against recent allegations from the US without prompting a confrontation with president Donald Trump. Chinese state media published a series of commentaries lashing out at Mr Pompeo after he said there was “enormous evidence” that the coronavirus outbreak sprung from a high-security virology lab in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. The official Xinhua News Agency said the top US diplomat was speaking “nonsense,” while a newscaster...