US think tank: Accusations on China's Covid-19 response mostly misplaced


A screenshot of Sourabh Gupta and his biography on the website of Washington-based Institute for China-America Studies (ICAS). (Xinhua)

WASHINGTON, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Accusations on China's supposed early COVID-19 related failings are mostly misplaced, said a recent think tank report.

"There were no major shortcomings on China's part in alerting the U.S. and the international public health community," said a report by Sourabh Gupta, a senior fellow at Washington-based Institute for China-America Studies (ICAS).

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