Germany sends China £130billion bill for 'coronavirus damages' – sparks fury in Beijing

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GERMANY has rattled China after joining the UK, France and the US in a rare attack, after Berlin called out Beijing's responsibility for the global pandemic and even issued a £130bn invoice.
By OLI SMITH
PUBLISHED: 00:01, Mon, Apr 20, 2020 | UPDATED: 00:10, Mon, Apr 20, 2020

Germany has sparked outrage in China after a major newspaper put together a £130bn invoice that Beijing "owes" Berlin following the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Germany has followed France, the UK and the US in directing its coronavirus anger at China, where the virus originated. Recent attacks come amid findings that Beijing appeared to cover up the true scale of the crisis, as the source of the outbreak remains a mystery.
On Saturday, Donald Trump warned that China should face consequences if it was “knowingly responsible” for unleashing the coronavirus pandemic.

President Trump told reporters: "It could have been stopped in China before it started and it wasn’t, and the whole world is suffering because of it.
He said the Chinese were “embarrassed” and the question was whether what happened with the coronavirus was “a mistake that got out of control, or was it done deliberately?”
President Trump and his senior aides have repeatedly accused China of lacking transparency.

This week the city of Wuhan, where the outbreak started, revised its number of fatalities by with a sudden 50% jump in the figure.

The UK has joined US intelligence officials in investigating claims that the virus originated in a Wuhan virus lab and not a wet market.

A bombshell op-ed this week in Germany's largest tabloid newspaper, Bild, joined this outrage by drawing up an itemised invoice for €149bn (£130b).
The list includes a €27 billion charge for lost tourism revenue, up to €7.2 billion for the German film industry, a million euros an hour for German airline Lufthansa and €50 billion for German small businesses.

Bild calculated that this amounts to €1,784 (£1,550) per person if Germany's GDP falls by 4.2 percent, under the title "What China owes us."

China responded by claiming the invoice "stirs up xenophobia and nationalism".

https://www.express.co.uk/news/worl...ronavirus-blame-Wuhan-Xi-Jinping-Trump-latest

 

[Nilgiri]

Well its a tabloid newspaper (Bild) rather than the official German govt etc.

Concerted Govt action will come a lot later. There is still this immediate crisis to deal with as priority.

 

[Trango Towers]

Germany didn't send the bill...what pathetic sensational headlines as

 

[vi-va]

No source, misleading post. Germany as a country did NOT send bill. Fake news. Reported.

 

[Raj-Hindustani]

Hard reaction will surely come later after this will get over.

China would be needed to give ultimately answers to the world.

 

[letsrock]

I wonder whether Kashmiris can send a bill to savage india for putting them in lockdown for more than 8 months now. In china case its not even clear if somebody had to blame but this was deliberate action by india to carry out political agenda of redrawing maps;

 

[GumNaam]

Hard reaction will surely come later after this will get over.

China would be needed to give ultimately answers to the world.

As veto holding super power that does not recognize any international court system & holds heavy influence over basically every major international body, you can expect the "hard question askers" to get severely disappointed after receiving the classic Chinese answer...tu ki oye!

 

[atan651]

Why are you such a moron? German government DID NOT do that! Don't bring shame to you and your country! And please grow up!

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Canadian TV anchors are also talking stuff like "We will deal with China later"

 

[antonius123]

Can world start send US bill for the damage due to US' subprime mortgage crisis 2008? How about Pig Flue pandemic?

 

[Beast]

German citizen shall send Bill to claim from their government for incompetency after Beijing has given the world 2 months warning in advance but German government failed to take any action earlier

 

[Raj-Hindustani]

As veto holding super power that does not recognize any international court system & holds heavy influence over basically every major international body, you can expect the "hard question askers" to get severely disappointed after receiving the classic Chinese answer...tu ki oye!
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Don't be a Chinese Cheerleaders, man!

People are getting died in Pakistan as well and think about your economy.

Being a friend of China, you will still back but others can't. Also, I didn't talk about UN.

From my personal point of view, I just want apologize from China to the world and genuine reports of virus (source) with actual facts. (Not false blaming)

 

[xuxu1457]

we will not stop to help American, best wishes

 

[Khanivore]

https://www.express.co.uk/news/worl...ronavirus-blame-Wuhan-Xi-Jinping-Trump-latest

This paper also runs stories on conspiracy theories and UFOs.

 

[Leishangthem]

Can world start send US bill for the damage due to US' subprime mortgage crisis 2008? How about Pig Flue pandemic?

US owe the world for the 2008 financial crisis.