HONG KONG, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- The act of U.S. President Donald Trump to continue blaming China for the coronavirus pandemic is a waste of time and energy, Charles R. Stith, non-executive chairman of the Johannesburg-based African Presidential Leadership Center, has said.
In his opinion article published Monday by South China Morning Post, Stith said "Trump has already tried blaming China for the pandemic and the chaos that followed... To continue down this road is, at best, a waste of time. At worst, it is a distraction that prevents us from dealing with root issues relative to COVID-19 and getting started on a serious global economic recovery."