G7 leaders rebuked China over what they termed as ‘human rights violations in China’s Xinjiang region, called for Hong Kong to keep a high degree of autonomy and demanded a full and thorough investigation of the origins of the coronavirus in China’.
China’s rise has made the G7 uncomfortable especially in a post COVID environment in which the world is struggling to grow while China’s growth is robust. The US President President Joe Biden cast China as the main strategic competitor and vowed to confront China’s “economic abuses”.
The G7 also called for a transparent, expert-led Phase 2 COVID origins study including in China, to be convened by the World Health Organization.
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