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Mike Pompeo Calls on China to Be Transparent About Virus Outbreak

Mike Pompeo Calls on China to Be Transparent About Virus Outbreak
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during the daily briefing on the CCP virus in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on April 8, 2020. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
Reporter
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke to China’s top diplomat for the second time in a month, this time pressing China to be fully transparent about the pandemic.

In an April 15 phone call with China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi, Pompeo stressed “the need for full transparency and information sharing to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and prevent future outbreaks,” according to a State Department statement.
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
Reporter
Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based reporter. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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